Author: RALEIGH, Sir Walter / Edited from the Original Text, with Introduction, Notes and Appendices by V. T. Harlow
Title: The Discoverie of the Large and Bewtiful Empire of Guiana
Description: London, The Argonaut Press, 1928. Hardcover. pp. cxi, 182. 4to. Bound in embossed brown cloth over vellum spine with gilt titles. This edition is the fifth publication of the Argonaut Press and is limited to 975 copies on Japon vellum, this being designated as copy number 55. The original woodcut appearing on the title page is by William Monk. Both folding maps present and in excellent condition, save for a small closed tear, near hinge, to the second map which has now been professionally repaired by our conservator. Foredge of boards faded as from exposure to moisture, but no evidence of such exposure to contents. Contents clean and unmarked although the endpapers show some foxing. Overall, in good, to good plus, condition. Ill.: frontispiece, folding maps.

Keywords: Circumnavigation;Bindings;Nautical;Guiana;South America;;;; frontispiece, folding maps


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