Purchas, Samuel (c. 1577-1626). PURCHAS HIS PILGRIMES. LONDON: WILLIAM STANSBY FOR HENRIE FETHERSTONE, 1625, FIRST EDITION, 4 VOLUMES, VOL. 1: [36 (INCLUDING ENGRAVED TITLE DATED 1625)], 156, 175-186, [10], 1-220, 223-226, 225-468, 479-642, 645-748, [24]PP., G3 UNCANCELLED, R4 A BLANK, HEADLINE ON P. 717 CORRECTED IN INK; VOL. 2: [4], 749-857, 860-1270, 1269-1696, 1701-1860, [40]PP.; VOL. 3: [26], 668, 699-1006, 1009-1140, [68]PP., WITHOUT THE FIRST BLANK; VOL. 4: [6], 1141-1234, 1237-1973, [41]PP., WITHOUT THE FIRST BLANK, VOL.1 ILLUSTRATION: ENGRAVED FOLDING MAP OF THE EMPIRE OF THE GREAT MOGOLL BY R. ELSTRACKE (PP.578-579), AND 13 MAPS IN TEXT (INCLUDING HONDIUS'S MAP OF THE CHRISTIAN WORLD ON P. 115, REPEATED ON P.65), WOODCUT ILLUSTRATIONS, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATIONS: 26 MOUNTED ENGRAVED PLATES (TRIMMED TO PLATE MARK), 6 PLATES TIPPED-IN WITH TEXT ON VERSO, 3 FOLDING CHARTS AND TITLE-PAGE FROM LE MAIRE'S SPIEGHEL DER AUSTRALISCHE NAVIGATIE OF 1622 (SEE FOOTNOTE); VOL.2 ILLUSTRATION: 24 ENGRAVED MAPS IN TEXT, ONE WOODCUT AND 6 ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATIONS: LOOSE ENGRAVED PLATE WITH TEXT ON VERSO (PP.966-967); VOL.3 ILLUSTRATION: ENGRAVED FOLDING MAP OF CHINA (PP.400-401), FOLDING MAP OF NORTH AMERICA (PP.852-853), ONE FOLDING PLATE INCLUDING A SMALL MAP OF GREENLAND (PP.472-473), 19 MAPS IN TEXT, NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS OF MEXICAN PAINTINGS (PP.1067-1117), EXTRA-ILLUSTRATIONS: ENGRAVED FRONTISPIECE AND 14 FOLDING CHARTS (NUMBERED 1-14) FROM ANTONIO DE HERRERA'S DESCRIPTION DES INDES OCCIDENTALES, AND 19 OTHER PLATES (TEXT ON VERSO), TOP CORNER OF T6 TORN AND REPAIRED WITH LOSS OF A FEW LETTERS; VOL.4 ILLUSTRATION: 2 ENGRAVED FOLDING MAPS: VIRGINIA BY J. SMITH (PP. 1692-1693) AND NEW FRANCE [ETC.] (PP. 1872-1873), 2 MAPS IN TEXT, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATIONS: 23 ENGRAVED PLATES (TRIMMED TO IMAGE; TEXT ON VERSO), INCLUDING SOME FROM H. OTTSEN'S JOURNAEL OFT DAGHELIJCX REGISTER VAN DE VOYAGIE NA RIO DE PLATA (AMSTERDAM, 1617) Ibid. Purchas his pilgrimage. Or relations of the world... in foure parts. This first contayneth a theological and geographical historie of Asia... The fourth edition, much enlarged, [etc.]. London: William Stansby for Henry Fetherstone, 1626, fourth edition, first issue, [38], 242, 241-636, 635-1047, [37]pp., second leaf signed A2, illustration: engraved folding map of China backed on linen (pp.436-437), and 23 maps and one engraved illustration in text, without the first blank together 5 volumes, folio (325 x 210mm.), Roman, italic, Greek and Hebrew letter, binding: nineteenth-century blind-stamped morocco by Hatton of Manchester, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt, spines faded, some joints splitting
Purchas, Samuel (c. 1577-1626). PURCHAS HIS PILGRIMES. LONDON: WILLIAM STANSBY FOR HENRIE FETHERSTONE, 1625, FIRST EDITION, 4 VOLUMES, VOL. 1: [36 (INCLUDING ENGRAVED TITLE DATED 1625)], 156, 175-186, [10], 1-220, 223-226, 225-468, 479-642, 645-748, [24]PP., G3 UNCANCELLED, R4 A BLANK, HEADLINE ON P. 717 CORRECTED IN INK; VOL. 2: [4], 749-857, 860-1270, 1269-1696, 1701-1860, [40]PP.; VOL. 3: [26], 668, 699-1006, 1009-1140, [68]PP., WITHOUT THE FIRST BLANK; VOL. 4: [6], 1141-1234, 1237-1973, [41]PP., WITHOUT THE FIRST BLANK, VOL.1 ILLUSTRATION: ENGRAVED FOLDING MAP OF THE EMPIRE OF THE GREAT MOGOLL BY R. ELSTRACKE (PP.578-579), AND 13 MAPS IN TEXT (INCLUDING HONDIUS'S MAP OF THE CHRISTIAN WORLD ON P. 115, REPEATED ON P.65), WOODCUT ILLUSTRATIONS, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATIONS: 26 MOUNTED ENGRAVED PLATES (TRIMMED TO PLATE MARK), 6 PLATES TIPPED-IN WITH TEXT ON VERSO, 3 FOLDING CHARTS AND TITLE-PAGE FROM LE MAIRE'S SPIEGHEL DER AUSTRALISCHE NAVIGATIE OF 1622 (SEE FOOTNOTE); VOL.2 ILLUSTRATION: 24 ENGRAVED MAPS IN TEXT, ONE WOODCUT AND 6 ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATIONS: LOOSE ENGRAVED PLATE WITH TEXT ON VERSO (PP.966-967); VOL.3 ILLUSTRATION: ENGRAVED FOLDING MAP OF CHINA (PP.400-401), FOLDING MAP OF NORTH AMERICA (PP.852-853), ONE FOLDING PLATE INCLUDING A SMALL MAP OF GREENLAND (PP.472-473), 19 MAPS IN TEXT, NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS OF MEXICAN PAINTINGS (PP.1067-1117), EXTRA-ILLUSTRATIONS: ENGRAVED FRONTISPIECE AND 14 FOLDING CHARTS (NUMBERED 1-14) FROM ANTONIO DE HERRERA'S DESCRIPTION DES INDES OCCIDENTALES, AND 19 OTHER PLATES (TEXT ON VERSO), TOP CORNER OF T6 TORN AND REPAIRED WITH LOSS OF A FEW LETTERS; VOL.4 ILLUSTRATION: 2 ENGRAVED FOLDING MAPS: VIRGINIA BY J. SMITH (PP. 1692-1693) AND NEW FRANCE [ETC.] (PP. 1872-1873), 2 MAPS IN TEXT, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATIONS: 23 ENGRAVED PLATES (TRIMMED TO IMAGE; TEXT ON VERSO), INCLUDING SOME FROM H. OTTSEN'S JOURNAEL OFT DAGHELIJCX REGISTER VAN DE VOYAGIE NA RIO DE PLATA (AMSTERDAM, 1617) Ibid. Purchas his pilgrimage. Or relations of the world... in foure parts. This first contayneth a theological and geographical historie of Asia... The fourth edition, much enlarged, [etc.]. London: William Stansby for Henry Fetherstone, 1626, fourth edition, first issue, [38], 242, 241-636, 635-1047, [37]pp., second leaf signed A2, illustration: engraved folding map of China backed on linen (pp.436-437), and 23 maps and one engraved illustration in text, without the first blank together 5 volumes, folio (325 x 210mm.), Roman, italic, Greek and Hebrew letter, binding: nineteenth-century blind-stamped morocco by Hatton of Manchester, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt, spines faded, some joints splitting
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