The Historie of the World. In Five Bookes.
AUCTION 77 |
Thursday, January 17th,
2019 at 1:00 PM
"K2" Online Auction: Printed Books, Holy Land Maps, Posters, & Jewish Graphic Art
Lot 68
RALEIGH, SIR WALTER.
The Historie of the World. In Five Bookes.
London: William Stansby for Walter Burre 1617
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Written during his imprisonment in the Tower of London, the History of the World is Sir Walter Raleigh's most important prose work and aims to show history as a moral exercise. Initially, the work was intended to serve as an educational tool for Henry, Prince of Wales (1594-1612) and includes numerous references to warfare, law and kingship. It consists of five books nearing one million words in total and was first published in 1614.
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