Sale: 305 / Rare Books, Nov. 13./14. 2006 Lot 496

 
Walter Ralegh - Works, 2 Bde.


496
Walter Ralegh
Works, 2 Bde., 1751.
Estimate:
€ 150 / $ 162
Sold:
€ 190 / $ 205

(incl. surcharge)
Raleigh, W., Works, political, commercial, and philosophical; together with his letters and poems ... to which is prefix'd, a new account of his life by T. Birch. 2 Bde. With engr. portrait. London, R. Dodsley 1751. Contemp. calf. 8vo. 1 l., CXX, 280 pp., 1 l.; 1 l., 400 pp.
Lowndes III, 2039. - First edition with T. Birch's biography. - Vol. II incl. among others The discovery of Guiana (pp. 151-245). - Partial foxing. Binding somewhat scraped and bumped.




496
Walter Ralegh
Works, 2 Bde., 1751.
Estimate:
€ 150 / $ 162
Sold:
€ 190 / $ 205

(incl. surcharge)