The historie of the vvorld
Subtitle: In fiue bookes. 1 Intreating of the beginning and first ages of the same from the Creation vnto Abraham. ... 5 From the settled rule of Alexanders successours in the East, vntill the Romans (preuailing ouer all) made conquest of Asia and Macedon
By: by Sir Walter Ralegh, Knight
Series: Early English books online
Publisher: Printed [by Humphrey Lownes] for H. Lownes, G. Lathum, and R. Young
Published: 1628
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 669
Subjects: Ancient History; Early works to 1800
Other titles: History of the world; Historie of the world.
Notes: With an engraved title-page portrait of Raleigh.

With an additional engraved title page dated 1614 (the same found in STC 20637-41).

Publishers' names and publication date from colophon; printer's name from STC.

The first leaf contains "The minde of the front.".

"The first part of the historie of the vvorld .. The third booke" begins new pagination; register is continuous.

Paging irregular: numbers 181-184 (2nd group) repeated in pagination; numbers 511-514 (3rd group) omitted in pagination. Pages 296, 297, 299, 308, 448 (3rd group) numbered 496, 397, 399, 408, 484 respectively.

Part 1 of a projected work of 3 parts.--Cf. Dict. of Nat. Biog.

"A chronologicall table": p. [3]-[28] (4th group)

Includes indexes.

STC (2nd ed.) 20640.

Imperfect: added engr. t.-p., 1 double plan wanting.
Table of contents: title: 1. Intreating of the beginning and first ages of the same, from the creation unto Abraham; title: 2. Of the times from the birth of Abraham, to the destruction of the Temple of Salomon; title: 3. From the destruction of Jerusalem, to the time of Philip of Macedon; title: 4. From the reigne of Philip of Macedon, to the establishing of that kingdome, in the race of Antigonus; title: 5. From the settled rule of Alexanders successors in the East, untill the Romans (prevailing over all) made conquest of Asia and Macedon.