World.- Purchas (Samuel) Purchas his Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the

World.- Purchas (Samuel) Purchas his Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions..., second edition, wood-engraved initials and decorations, a couple of short tears (2A5 and 2S1), occasional minor soiling, slight marginal staining at beginning, generally clean and crisp, contemporary calf, gilt, a little rubbed, one corner repaired, lacking ties, [ESTC S111828; STC 20506; Sabin 66679], folio, Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, 1614. *** A very good copy of the second edition, “much enlarged with Additions through the whole Worke” by one of the best–known early travel writers. The first three parts relate to travels in Asia, Africa and the East Indies. The fourth, and most celebrated, includes accounts of New France, Virginia, Florida, and the explorations of Cabeca de Vaca, Columbus, Frobisher, Cartier, Hudson, Raleigh, Cortes, and others. Provenance: Robert ?Michel (ink name on title); George, Lord Hylton (bookplate)

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