The history 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 setled rule of Alexanders successors 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 VVilliam Iaggard [, William Stansby, and Nicholas Okes] for VValter Burre, and are to be sold at his shop in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the Crane
Published: 1621
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 669
Subjects: Ancient History; Early works to 1800
Other titles: History of the world; History 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).

Jaggard's and Burre's names and publication date from colophon. "Stansby pr[inted]. quires 2nd A-K; N. Okes pr. the preface, Jaggard the rest"--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.

Includes indexes.

A variant of the Jaggard edition with colophon dated 1617.

Title page engr. by Renold Elstracke; two of the maps signed by William Hole.

Numerous errors in paging, including 181-184 (1st count) repeated in the numbering and 511-514 (2d count) omitted.

STC (2nd ed.) 20639.