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Bound in two volumes. [2], [80], 492, 491-651; 776, [60] pp. With 8 double-page copper-engraved maps & plans, engraved by William Hole. Copper-engraved pictorial title-page engraved by Ren. Elstrack. (folio) 32x21 cm. (12½x8¼"), modern tan calf tooled in period style, raised spine bands, morocco lettering pieces. First Edition.

Sir Walter Raleigh's renowned unfinished world history, beginning with the Creation ending at the time of Roman ascendancy, written while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London. Increasingly rare in the first edition. Pforzheimer 820; STC 20637. Lacking the frontispiece, printed title-page and colophon, but does have the engraved title, and complete with all the maps.