The Historie of the World, in Five Books...
London: Walter Burre, 1634. Complete with "The Mind of the Front" poem by Ben Jonson, dated 1614, (small dampstain on top margin). Frontispiece portrait and extra illustrated allegorical title; Typographic title with large engraved portrait of Raleighh by S. Pass. 8 double-page maps, and a few in-text woodcut charts, decorative initials and headers for each of the 5 books. Very thick folio, handsomely rebound in full brown morocco, black leather spine label, decorative blind stamping on spine and covers. London..... More