The history of the world : in five books. ... / by Sir Walter Raleigh, Knight. ; Whereunto is added in this edition, the life and tryal of the author.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.

Series:

Early English books online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History, Ancient--Early works to 1800.

History, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxii pages, 26 unnumbered pages, 41 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 813 pages, 44 unnumbered pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, maps

Other Title:

Life of the valiant and learned Sir Walter Raleigh, Knight.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Tho. Basset, Ric. Chiswell, Benj. Tooke, Tho. Passenger, Geo. Dawes, Tho. Sawbridge, M. Wotton, and G. Conyers,], 1687.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

(from t.p.) The first, in treating of the beginning ... The second, of the times from the birth of Abraham to the destruction ... The third, from the destruction of Jerusalem ... The fourth, from the reign of Philip of Macedon ... The fifth, from the settled rule of Alexander's successors ... until the Romans (prevailing over all) made the conquest of Asia and Macedon.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Imperfect: some of the maps have been tightly bound in centers; corners of the volume have been damaged, with loss of text.

Immediately following preface and table of contents, with special t.p., separate paging, and signatures, but with continuous catchwords: The life of the valiant and learned Sir Walter Raleigh, Knight. With his tryal at Winchester. The Third Edition. London, Printed for George Dawes, and Richard Tonson within Grays-Inn-Gate next Grays-Inn-Lane, MDCLXXXVII.

Reproduction of original in the Union Theological Seminary Library, New York.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1044:1) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

Wing (CD-ROM) R168.

OCLC:

13555742

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.