Title: Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and places discovered, from the Creation unto this Present..... Author: Purchas, Samuel Place: London Publisher: Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone Date: 1613 Description: [28], 752, [20] pp. ¶6, A8, B4, C-Vvv6 (-Vvv6). (folio) 11¼x7½, period calf, rebacked with later calf. First Edition. First edition of Purchas' famous work, containing descriptions of the religious practices and other details of Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Books eight and nine (about 150pages) relate to America. Hill 1401; Sabin 66678. Lot Amendments Condition: Covers worn, front detached along with endpaper and title-page; title-page and following two leaves with margins extended, soiling to contents, some staining, occasional marginal chips with a few tears, lacking Vvv6, a blank, inkstamp of Century Library to front pastedown, still very good overall, sold as is. Item number: 188988
Title: Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and places discovered, from the Creation unto this Present..... Author: Purchas, Samuel Place: London Publisher: Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone Date: 1613 Description: [28], 752, [20] pp. ¶6, A8, B4, C-Vvv6 (-Vvv6). (folio) 11¼x7½, period calf, rebacked with later calf. First Edition. First edition of Purchas' famous work, containing descriptions of the religious practices and other details of Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Books eight and nine (about 150pages) relate to America. Hill 1401; Sabin 66678. Lot Amendments Condition: Covers worn, front detached along with endpaper and title-page; title-page and following two leaves with margins extended, soiling to contents, some staining, occasional marginal chips with a few tears, lacking Vvv6, a blank, inkstamp of Century Library to front pastedown, still very good overall, sold as is. Item number: 188988
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