BOOK: SIR WALTER RALEIGH, HISTORY OF THE WORLD, 1677
rebound in leather in the 1950's
HISTORY OF THE WORLD / IN FIVE BOOKS
by Sir Walter Raleigh / Whereunto is added in this Edition, the Life and Tryal of the Author / Knight, London, Printed for Robert White, T. Basset, F. Wright, R. Chiswell, G. Dawes and T. Sawbridge, 1677
This work was written when the explorer Raleigh was imprisoned by King James I, after the death of Elizabeth I, in the Tower of London from 1603 to 1616. After his release, he conducted a final expedition to South America where he attacked a Spanish outpost. Because this violated a peace treaty, King James ordered Raleigh beheaded in 1618.
The frontpiece page with the poem "The Mind of the Front" is fragile and missing edges; staining at edges of pages;
Estimate: $700 - $900
Realized: $425 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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