Raleigh, Sir Walter, and Peter Heylyn | Two world histories

Raleigh, Sir Walter

The History of the World. London: William Iaggard for Walter Burre, 1614 [but 1621]

Folio (319 x 206 mm). Engraved frontispiece, 8 double-page maps and plans; light spotting and toning. Contemporary paneled calf; rebacked, bumped at edges.

PROVENANCE:

Gordon of Buthlaw (bookplate) — Hugh de Sélincourt (ownership inscription, 1906) — William Tarun Fehaenfeld (bookplate)

[and:] Heylyn, Peter

Cosmography, in Four Books. Containing the Chorography and History of the Whole World. London: Philip Chetwind, 1670

Folio (347 x 216 mm). Additional engraved title, title-page in red and black, 4 folding maps; a few short tears, spotting and toning. Contemporary calf; rebacked, corners repaired.

PROVENANCE:

Early owner (extensive marginalia)

Sold as a group lot, not subject to return.