Excerpt from The Bibliography of Sir Walter Ralegh: With Notes
These considerations have led to the conclusion that it was an unauthorised or pirated copy of Oldys' work, and is the reason why it has been placed under a separate heading.
Though probably common enough at one time, it is now believed to be rare. The British Museum Library does not possess a copy: there is one in the Manchester Free Library, but without the portrait.
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