Raleigh (Sir Walter) The History of the World  London, Print...

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Raleigh (Sir Walter) The History of the World 
London, Printed for Sam Cartwright, 1652, leatherbound, folio, with purchase invoice from Quevedo Rare Books and Manuscripts, London, 1980
The Discoverie of the large and bewtiful Empire of Guiana
Edited from the Original Text by V.T. Harlow
London, the Argonaut Press, 1928, quarter-bound in tooled gilt blue Morocco (2)

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Eight double-page maps/diagrams are present. The binding is in a very poor state, with multiple splits to the text block. Various tears to pages, occasional staining etc. The leather with multiple patched repairs.