Frontispiece from Sir Walter Raleigh's The History of the World, 1614.

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Title

Frontispiece from Sir Walter Raleigh's The History of the World, 1614.

Creator

Sir Walter Raleigh; William Stansby (printer)

Date

1614

Rights Holder

University of Victoria, Special Collections

Rights

University of Victoria, Special Collections

Subject

History, Ancient--Historiography
Early modern, 1500-1700
Renaissance history, art and culture
Renaissance--England

Description

Frontispiece of the first edition of Sir Walter Raleigh's The History of the World. Woodcut illustration by Reginold Elstrack. Folio sized image on rag-based paper.

Source

Special collections, University of Victoria, D57 R16 1614.

Publisher

Walter Burre

Contributor

Chase Templet

Format

Printed book. w21.2cm x h32.4 x d13.46cm

Language

English, Latin

Type

Text

Bibliographic Citation

Sir Walter Raleigh. The History of the World. Walter Burre, 1614, London.

Text Item Type Metadata

Text

Typography, moveable type

Original Format

Printed book.

Files

IMG_2486 copy.jpg

Citation

Sir Walter Raleigh; William Stansby (printer), “Frontispiece from Sir Walter Raleigh's The History of the World, 1614.,” UVic Libraries Omeka Classic, accessed June 1, 2022, https://omeka.library.uvic.ca/items/show/1084.

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