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Purchas his pilgrimes : in five bookes : the first, contayning the voyages and peregrinations made by ancient kings ... and others, to and thorow the remoter parts of the knowne world ... : the second, a description of all the circum-nauigations of the globe : the third, nauigations and voyages of English-men, alongst the coasts of Africa ... : the fourth, English voyages beyond the East Indies ... : the fifth, nauigations, voyages, traffiques, discoueries, of the English nation in the easterne parts of the world ...

Accession number
PML 3876-80
Creator
Purchas, Samuel, 1577?-1626.
Published
London : Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone ... , 1625-1626.
Credit line
Purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Notes
First ed.
A made up set; v. 1-4: 1625; v. 5: 1626.
Engraved title, v.1, sig. [paragraph sign]1v: Hakluytus posthumus, or, Purchas his pilgrimes.
Title-page to v. 2: Purchas his pilgrimage, or, Relations of the world and the religions observed in all ages and places discouered, from the creation vnto this present ... The fourth edition, much enlarged with additions ... / by Samuel Purchas ... London : Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone ... , 1626.
Separate title page, v. 5, sig. 401r: Two relations : one of the northeasterne parts, extracted out of Sir Ierome Horsey ... the other, of the southeasterne parts, viz. Golchonda ... / written by Mr. William Methold. London : Printed by William Stansby for Henry Fetherstone ... , 1626.
Separate title page, v. 5, sig. 4R1r: The Saracenical historie : contayning the acts of the Muslims from Muhammed to the reigne of Atabaceus ... / written in Arabike by George Elmacin ... ; translated into Latine by Thomas Erpenius ... ; englished, abridged, and continued ... by Samuel Purchas. London : Printed by William Stansby for Henry Fetherstone ... , 1626.
Includes indexes.
Description
5 v., [7] double leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 34 cm
Provenance
Arthur Hombye, signature; William Constable (1721-1791), armorial bookplate; James Toovey, Burnham Abbey book label; Pierpont Morgan, purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Binding
Modern 1/4 calf with brown cloth sides.
Classification
Department