Sir Walter Raleigh's Instructions to his Sonne; and to Posterity.

2 parts in one volume [as issued], small pocket 8vo, pp [14], 79, [3], 45, [1], separate title pages and signatures to the two parts, bound circa 1800 in full calf, spine gilt with double maroon labels,rubbed and gently cracked to upper joint, marbled endpapers, corner torn from B1 in second part, restored just touch a letter or two, else in clean tight state throughout, 'FIFTH EDITION'; a cheap copy lacking the portrait but otherwise a rather better copy than usually encountered of this popular conduct book first published shortly after Raleigh's execution. The second part entitled '"The dutifull advice of a loving sonne to his aged father" is generally ascribed to Robert Southwell, but serves a similar purpose to the first, if a little more sanctimoneous. Desirable in early edition, with or without the portrait.