The history of the vvorld : In fiue bookes. 1. Intreating of the beginning and first ages of the same from the Creation vnto Abraham. ... 5. From the setled rule of Alexanders successors in the East, vntill the Romans (preuailing ouer all) made conquest of Asia and Macedon. By Sir Walter Ralegh, Knight.
| Author/creator | Raleigh, Walter |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [London : Printed by VVilliam Iaggard [, William Stansby, and Nicholas Okes] for VValter Burre, and are to be sold at his shop in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the Crane, 1621] |
| Description | [66], 184, 181-555, [1], 510, 515-669, [55] p., [8] folded plates : genealogical tables (woodcuts), maps |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240901474 |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | History of the world |
| Variant title | History of the world. |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | With an engraved title-page portrait of Raleigh. |
| General note | With an additional engraved title page dated 1614 (the same found in STC 20637-41). |
| General note | Jaggard's and Burre's names and publication date from colophon. "Stansby pr[inted]. quires 2nd A-K; N. Okes pr. the preface, Jaggard the rest"--STC. |
| General note | The first leaf contains "The minde of the front.". |
| General note | "The first part of the historie of the vvorld .. The third booke" begins new pagination; register is continuous. |
| General note | Includes indexes. |
| General note | A variant of the Jaggard edition with colophon dated 1617. |
| General note | Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library. |
| References | STC (2nd ed.) 20639. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1608:14) |
| Stock number | CL0036000045 ProQuest. 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-3218 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |