Hakluytus posthumus, or, Purchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world in sea voyages and lande travells by Englishmen and others - 11 volumes
1907, 1st edition. Glasgow : J. MacLehose and Sons. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: Bookplate of The Bank of England Library and Literary Association. Item #402446
Physical description: 11 volumes out of 20; illustrations, portraits, folded maps, folded facsimiles, 23 cm. Notes: Reprint of the 1625 edition, with folded facsimiles of title-pages; illustrations, maps, etc., reproduced in facsimile. Includes bibliographical references. Includes index. Contents: Volumes 10, 11, 12, 13,14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20. Subjects: Purchas, Samuel 1577?-1626; Voyages and travels; Ocean travel; Voyages en mer; Voyages; Discoveries in geography; Early works to 1800; Seventeenth century; Expeditions and exploration; North America Description and travel; Arctic regions; Voyages; Memoirs and diaries.
Price: €975.00