Ross (Alexander) The History of the World: The Second Part, in six books: being a continuation of the famous history of Sir Walter Raleigh, Knight: beginning where he left; viz. at the end of the Macedonian kingdom, and deduced to these later-times: that is, from the year of the world 3806: or, 160 years before Christ, till the end of the year 1640. after Christ:  Wherein the most remarkable passages of those times, (both ecclesiasticall and civill) in the greatest states, empires, and kingdomes, are represented: together with a chronologie of those times, &c. and an alphabeticall-table by the author. A very rare copy of this landmark book by Alexander Ross, which has undergone professional restoration using traditional conservation methods and retaining the original leather. Half-title, title in red and black with engraved vignette of historian between allegorical figures of war and peace , browned, damp-stained towards end.  Very scarce with this imprint with only six copies listed by ESTC. [36], 647, [129] p. ; 2⁰. ESTC R470984; for John Clark, 1652; with only known copies held by the likes of Lambeth Palace and The Bodleian Library. 23cm x 44cm. A prolific writer and 'Chaplain-in-Ordinary' to King Charles I, Ross set out to complete Raleigh's celebrated work of the same title (1614), one of the most ambitious undertakings of the 17th century. It covers the period where Raleigh left off, before the birth of Christ, to the end of 1640, representing the ecclesiastical and civil passages of the greatest states, empires and kingdoms of the times. Ross was born in Aberdeen, educated at King's College before rising to become one of the most prolific conversationalists of his era, this book representing the pinnacle of his works.