Lot 265

Raleigh, Walter, Sir






Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
£2,000
Description
The history of the world. London: 1614. First edition, folio, engraved title, 8 double page maps and plans, includes "Minde of the Front" leaf, contemporary calf gilt, sympathetically rebacked, upper cover detached, lacking 6N6, some minor spotting and slight worming with loss of some letters, occasional dust soiling and a few small marginal tears and paper flaws
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire





