Raleigh, Sir Walter Knight "The Historie of the World, in fi...

Hammer

£350

Raleigh, Sir Walter Knight "The Historie of the World, in five books...", London printed for George Dawes and to be sold at his shop over against Lincoln's Inne Gate in Chancery-Lane in 1671, engraved frontis portrait, title page printed in red and black, five double page maps, final page repaired and laid down, re-backed with contemporary boards by Ron Pearce, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, brown end papers, the engraved half title repaired and laid down, the introduction "The Mind of the Front" facsimile and ink inscription scribbled out on the title page by the word 'London', bookplate for William Cecil Chambers, two stains on the frontis portrait, ( see image) inked inscription top of page 81, toning to the edges not affecting text, page 931 has tear from the bottom of the page, ink splashes page 75   Folio