Lot 146
Raleigh (Sir Walter) Judicious and Select Essayes and Observations, By that Renowned and Learned Knight. Sir Walter Raleigh..., 4 parts in 1, first edition, T. W. for Humphrey Moseley, 1650.
Hammer Price: £1,300
Description
Raleigh (Sir Walter) Judicious and Select Essayes and Observations, By that Renowned and Learned Knight. Sir Walter Raleigh. Upon The first Invention of Shipping. The Misery of Invasive Warre. The Navy Royall and Sea-Service. With his Apologie for his Voyage to Guiana, 4 parts in 1, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, title within typographic border, woodcut decorations, G8 blank, 4 advertisement ff. at end, ownership inscription of Lloyd Kenyon to title, few marginal annotations or underlinings in an early hand, couple neat marginal repairs, a good copy, contemporary sheep, old paper spine label, few tears to leather, rubbed, [Pforzheimer 822; Sabin 67561; Wing R170], small 8vo, T. W. for Humphrey Moseley, 1650.
⁂ The first appearance of Raleigh's account of his second voyage to Guiana, which was an attempt to excuse his final failure. It includes one of the earliest appearances of the word "tobacco" on pp. 24 (spelt "tobaccho") & 34 of the fourth part.
Description
Raleigh (Sir Walter) Judicious and Select Essayes and Observations, By that Renowned and Learned Knight. Sir Walter Raleigh. Upon The first Invention of Shipping. The Misery of Invasive Warre. The Navy Royall and Sea-Service. With his Apologie for his Voyage to Guiana, 4 parts in 1, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, title within typographic border, woodcut decorations, G8 blank, 4 advertisement ff. at end, ownership inscription of Lloyd Kenyon to title, few marginal annotations or underlinings in an early hand, couple neat marginal repairs, a good copy, contemporary sheep, old paper spine label, few tears to leather, rubbed, [Pforzheimer 822; Sabin 67561; Wing R170], small 8vo, T. W. for Humphrey Moseley, 1650.
⁂ The first appearance of Raleigh's account of his second voyage to Guiana, which was an attempt to excuse his final failure. It includes one of the earliest appearances of the word "tobacco" on pp. 24 (spelt "tobaccho") & 34 of the fourth part.
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