Raleigh (Sir Walter) Judicious and Select Essayes and Observations..., 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, lacking engraved portrait and final advertisement f., G8 blank present, title tightly bound affecting margin of typographic border, with loss to lower corner and with ink ownership inscription and scribblings, occasional ink underlinings, very occasional light markings or soiling, bookplates, contemporary sheep, rebacked, later endpapers, joints rubbing, corners worn, [ESTC R9599; Pforzheimer 822; Sabin 67561; Wing R170], T. W. for Humphrey Moseley, 1650; and another copy of the same, parts 1 and 2 only, 8vo (2)
⁂ 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 & 34 of the fourth part.
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