Item #011793 The Discoverie of Guiana, 1596 and The Discoveries of the World by Antonio Galvao. Sir Walter Raleigh, Antonio Galvao.
The Discoverie of Guiana, 1596 and The Discoveries of the World by Antonio Galvao.
The Discoverie of Guiana, 1596 and The Discoveries of the World by Antonio Galvao.
The Discoverie of Guiana, 1596 and The Discoveries of the World by Antonio Galvao.
The Discoverie of Guiana, 1596 and The Discoveries of the World by Antonio Galvao.

The Discoverie of Guiana, 1596 and The Discoveries of the World by Antonio Galvao.

Cleveland, Ohio: The World Publishing Co., 1966. A Fine Hardcover in a Very Good Clam-shell Box.

Vellum, yapp edges, with ties, by Legatoria Editoriale Giovanni Olivotto, with the Coat of Arms of Elizabeth I. Enclosed within a clamshell box, lined in red felt, with printed labels to the boards and spine. Included is the 20 page booklet of historical information and bibliography. Illustrated. cvi, 182 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.

Book is fine without flaw. Box has a scuff on the center of the outer edge.

Facsimile of the original, imprinted at London by Robert Robinson, 1596, 1601. Introduction by A.L. Rowse and Bibliographical Notes by Robert O. Dougan. Librarian at the Henry E. Huntington Library. [20 pp.]


Fine / No Dust Jacket As Issued. Item #011793

Two important accounts of 16th century exploration: the first, Raleigh's account of the discovery of Guiana, was published in London in 1596; and the second, Galvano's account of the discoveries of the world, was also first published in London, in 1601.

Price: $75.00