An abridgment of Sir Walter Raleigh's History of the world
Subtitle: in five books. I. From the creation to Abraham. II. From Abraham to the destruction of the temple of Solomon. III. From the destruction of Jerusalem to Philip of Macedon. IV. From Philip of Macedon to the race of Antigonus. V. From the establishment of Alexander until the conquest of Asia and Macedon by the Romans.  Wherein the particular chapters and paragraphs are succinctly abridg'd according to his own method, in the larger volume. To which is added, his Premonition to Princes. With some genuine remains of that learned knight, viz. I. Of the first invention of shipping. II. A relation of the action at Cadiz. III. A dialogue between a Jesuite and a recusant. IV. An apology for his unlucky voyage to Guiana. Publish'd by Phillip Raleigh, esquire, the only grandson to Sir Walter
Contributors: Echard, Laurence, 1670?-1730, publisher; Raleigh, Philip, d. 1705, publisher
Series: Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 2195:11
Publisher: printed for M. Gillyflower, at the Black-Spread-Eagle, in Westminster-Hall
Published: 1700
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 363
Subjects: History, Ancient -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800
Other titles: Discourse of the first invention of ships, and the several parts thereof
Work titles: History of the world.
Notes: With frontispiece portrait of the author

"The publisher's advertisement to the reader." signed: Laurence Echard

With an initial table of contents, advertisment on p. [58], and 5 final advertisment pages

Register begins anew on p. 1 (second sequence); register continuous throughout second sequence despite pagination

Copy tightly bound

Reproduction of the original in the Lambeth Palace Library, London

Wing (2nd ed.) R151B

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1993. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2195:11).