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The historie of the world in five bookes ... / by Sir Walter Ralegh, Knight.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.
- Series:
- Early English books online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History, Ancient.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (65 unnumbered pages, 555 id est 559, 669 id est 666 pages, 55 unnumbered pages, 18 leaves of plates) : maps
- Place of Publication:
- [London : Printed for R. Best, Jo. Place and Sam. Cartwright ..., 1652]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- (from t.p.) 1. Intreating of the beginning and first ages of the same, from the creation unto Abraham
- 2. Of the times from the birth of Abraham to the destruction of the Temple of Salomon
- 3. From the destruction of Jerusalem, to the time of Philip of Macedon
- 4. From the raigne of Philip of Macedon, to the establishing of that Kingdome in the race of Antigonus
- 5. From the settled rule of Alexanders successors in the East, untill the Romans (prevailing over all) made conquest of Asia and Macedon.
- Notes:
- Title vignette: portrait of the author engraved by S. Passe after C. Holland. Added t.p. engraved by R. Elstracke.
- Books 3-5 have separate paging.
- Forms part one only of a projected history in three parts; no more published. Cf. pages 669 [id est 666]
- Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 575:2) s1999 miun s
- Cited in:
- Wing R163
- Sabin 67560
- OCLC:
- 12033596
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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