J.126
Howel’s history of the world.
3. v.
fol.
1815 Catalogue, page 5. no. 128, as above.
HOWELL,
William.
An institution of General History, or the History of the World. Being a complete body thereof, from the beginning of the world
till the monarchy of Constantine the Great . . . The
Second Edition with large additions. By William Howel, LL.D. sometime Fellow of Magdalen College in Cambridge . . .
London: for
Henry Herringman,
Thomas Basset,
William Crook, and
William Cademan,
1680--
An Institution . . . The Second Part . . .
ib
: for
Thomas Bassett,
William Crook, and
William Cademan,
1680--
An Institution of General History, or the History of the Ecclesiastical Affairs of the World. Contemporary with the Second
Part . . .
ib
: Printed for the Authors Widdow, by
Miles Flesher,
1685--
An Institution of General History, or the History of the World. The Third Part . . .
ib
.,
1685--
An Institution . . . The Fourth Part.
ib
.,
1685.
D57 .H85
Folio. 3 vol. vol. I, 498 leaves [this copy lacks sig. Zzzzz and sig. Gggggg]; vol. II (lettered Part 3 on the binding) 376
leaves; vol. III (lettered Part 2 on the back) 109 leaves; titles printed in red and black, publishers’ advertisement on the
last leaf, some leaves foxed.
Lowndes II, page 1130.
STC H3138.
Bound in old calf, repaired and some endpapers renewed by Library of Congress in 1901. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I
and T in each volume.
William Howell, 1638?-1683, English historian. The later volumes of his history were published by his widow
Mary Howell, and dedicated by her to King James II.
[129]
J.127
Raleigh’s history of the world.
2. v.
fol.
1815 Catalogue, page 6. no. 129, as above.
RALEIGH,
Sir Walter.
The History of the World, in Five Books. By Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt. The
Eleventh Edition, printed from a copy revis’d by himself. To which is prefix’d the Life of the Author, newly compil’d from materials
more ample and authentick than have yet been publish’d; by Mr. Oldys. Also his Trial, with some Additions: Together with a new and more copious Index to the whole Work. In
Two Volumes. Volume I. [II.]
London: Printed for
G. Conyers,
J. J. and P. Knapton [and others],
MDCCXXXVI. [1736.]
D57 .R17
2 vol. Folio. vol. I, 340 leaves; vol. II, 246 leaves; engraved portrait frontispiece by Vertue, dated 1735, 8 double page maps, title printed in red and black, text in double columns.
Brushfield, The Bibliography of Sir Walter Raleigh, page 224.
Old calf, restored and end papers renewed by the Library of Congress in 1901. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T and
5I and 5T. The two marginal notes are not by Jefferson.
Jefferson ordered a copy of this work from
Lackington’s catalogue in a letter to John Trumbull, written from Paris on October 2, 1788: “
I subjoin below a little note of what I wish to have from Lackington . . . 438. Raleigh’s history of the world.
7/6.
”
The receipt was acknowledged by Jefferson on November 1: “
I have duly received your two favors of Oct. 10. & 17. and also the books from Lackington’s . . .””
