Other author/creator | Elstracke, Renold, active 1590-1630. |
Other author/creator | Pass, Simon van de, 1595?-1647. |
Other author/creator | Hole, William, -1624. |
Other author/creator | Todd, Albert May, 1850-1931, former owner. |
Uniform title | History of the world |
Local note | Joyner-Bookplate: "Ex libris Albert May Todd". |
General note | Imprint from colophon. Date in roman numerals. |
General note | With engr. t.-p. of 1614 edition added. Engraved by Ren. Elstracke. |
General note | Title vignette (portrait of author) by Sim. Pass. |
General note | Plates engraved by Guili. Hole. |
General note | Part 1 of a projected work of 3 parts. cf. Dict. of nat. biog. |
General note | Head- and tail-pieces. Initials. |
General note | Signatures: pi²A-B⁶C⁴a⁶b⁸A-S⁶T⁴V⁴2A-2V⁶3A-3V⁶4A-4V⁶5A-5Z⁶a-aa⁶*⁶**⁸ |
General note | Page 392 (1st series) wrongly numbered 391. Pages 297, 299, 308, 448, 473, 645, 646 (2nd series) wrongly numbered 397, 399, 408, 484, 437, 649, 650, respectively. |
General note | Ben Jonson's stanzas "The middle of the front": p. [2] (pi₁b). |
General note | "A chronologicall table": p. [4]-[29] (a-aa⁶*₁). |
General note | "An alphabeticall table": p. [30]-[54] (*₂₋₆**⁸). |
General note | "The life of Sir Walter Raleigh" (first included with the 1676 ed.), 36 p. in double columns, inserted between Preface and Contents. |
References |
Brushfield, T. Bibl. of Sir Walter Raleigh, 223F |
References |
STC (2nd ed.), 20641 |
References |
Sabin, 67560 [.5] |
LCCN | 03001216 |