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[Colophon]: This Edition of The Discoverie of Guiana, by Sir Walter Ralegh is the Fifth publication of the Argonaut Press and is limited ti 975 copies on Japon Vellum, numbered 1 to 975. The original woodcut appearing on the title-page is by William Monk, R.E. The volume has been printed by Walter Lewis, M.A., at the University Press, Cambridge, in the year 1928. This copy is Number [--]" [the blank has not been filled in]. 8 in. x 10 1/2 in., cvi, 182 pp. + colophon leaf; illustrated with frontispiece portrait; large, fold-out maps, reproduction of 1596 titlepage, William Monk ship design printed in black & yellow on titlepage, etc. White cloth spine with titling & bands gilt on spine and brown cloth-covered boards, with heraldic design blindstamped on the front cover, lilac silk bookmarker bound in. Spine shows light tanning, cocking, a few small bubbles to cloth on back cover; former owner's book label on front paste-down; earlier owner's name in ink on facing endpaper: H. A. Sherrett (?) [-] Sussex 1940., slight tanning to endpapers. Near fine; interior is clean & crisp. Scholarly edition with unpublished materials, excellent index. The fifth publication of the Argonaut Press. Illustrations: Portrait of Sir Walter Ralegh, engraved by G. Vertue, 1735 [frontispiece, printed in brown ink on parchment type paper; Map showing the routes of Ralegh, Antonio de Berrio and Pedro de Ursua; Map of Guiana by or for Sir Walter Ralegh. Weight: 2 3/4 lbs. Seller Inventory # ABE-510207020
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