The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation. Made by Sea or Over-land to the Remote and Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth at any time within the compasse of these 1600 Yeeres. [Twelve volume set].
by Hakluyt, Richard.
Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1903-05. Twelve volumes, complete. Of an edition of 100, initaled by the publisher, and printed on handmade paper with the illustrations on Japanese vellum, this is No. 23. Octavo, quarter vellum & blue cloth (hardcover), gilt decorated spines, gilt-stamped front covers, top edges gilt, uncut. Maps, plates. Generally Very Good; most volumes are in Fine or Near-Fine condition; Volume I bears severe damp-staining to the rear cover.
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The Principal Navigations Voyages Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
by HAKLUYT, Richard
Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1903. Reprint of 2nd edition. Complete with all half-titles and frontispieces, maps and plates. Blue cloth, top edges gilt, uncut; text toned throughout. A very good set with the Cromwell bookplate in all volumes. Reprint of the second edition of the single most important collection of English travel expeditions prior to the seventeenth century. Hakluyt’s seminal work brought together many first-hand accounts of travel across the globe, rendering this set an invaluable resource for... Read More
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Moscoviter wunderbare Historien
by (Moscow) Herberstein, Sigismund von, Baron
Basel: Niclaus Brillinger, 1900. Reprint of the 1567 edition. 3 double-page maps, 5 large woodcuts in the text. [12], 246, [6]pp. 1 vols. Folio. Modern vellum, covers a little bowed and soiled. Title-leaf repaired at inner margin and outer corner restored; final leaf likewise repaired at inner margin; text moderately darkened and occasional marginal foxing. Reprint of the 1567 edition. 3 double-page maps, 5 large woodcuts in the text. [12], 246, [6]pp. 1 vols. Folio. Facsimile reprint of... Read More
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Purchas his Pilgrimage. or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in all Ages and places discovered, from the creations unto this Present
by Samuel Purchas (1575?-1616)
[28]+752+[20] pages . ¶6, A8, B4, C-Vvv6 (-Vvv6). Quarto (11¼" x 7½") bound in period calf, rebacked with later calf. (Hill 1401; Sabin 66678) First Edition. Samuel Purchas was born in Thaxted, England probably in 1577. His father, George, was a prosperous cloth merchant, but little is known of his mother, Anne. Little is known of his childhood, and in 1594, he entered the University of Cambridge. He graduated in 1597 and was later ordained a deacon in the Church... Read More
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Hakluyt's collection of the early voyages, travels and discoveries of the english nation. A new edition, with additions
by Haklyut, Richard
London: R.H. Evans et al., 1812. New Edition. leather_bound. Contemporary calf paneled in gilt and blind in leather reback, red leather spine labels. 5 vols. Very good. Limited edition, one of 75 large-paper copies on "Imperial Paper" -- considered the best and most complete edition. "An accurate reprint of the best folio [edition of 1599-1600] with the addition of those voyages which were published in the first edition, and omitted in the second. It likewise has a supplement... Read More
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Chart of the World on Mercator's Projection
by WRIGHT-MOLYNEUX
London: Typographic Etching Company, 1880. Typographic etching, Sheet measures 19 3/4 x 28". Uncommon facsimile map issued by the Hakluyt Society, named after Richard Hakluyt (1552-1616), the influential English geographer and compiler of travel accounts. This map reproduces the Wright-Molyneux world chart, originally published in 1599 and derived from a 1592 globe by English globe maker Emeric Molyneux. The map first appeared in Edward Wrights seminal work, 'Certaine Errors in Navigation', which for the first time clearly... Read More
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Hakluyt's Collection of Early Voyages, Travels and Discoveries of the English Nation. A New Edition, with Additions
by Hakluyt, Richard
London: Printed for R. H. Evans ... J. Mackinlay ... and R. Priestley, 1812. One of 250 on Royal Paper. Vol. 1: xxvii, [5], 670, [2]; Vol. 2: ix, [9], 684; Vol. 3: viii, [8], 623, [1]; Vol. 4: [6], 612; Vol. 5: [4], vi, [7]-595, [1]pp. With additional title pages reprinted from the original editions. 5 vols. 4to. Smooth tan calf, rebacked, marbled edges. Covers a bit worn, foxing to the preliminary and terminal leaves in each volume.... Read More
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THE PRINCIPAL NAVIGATIONS, VOYAGES, TRAFFIQUES AND DISCOVERIES OF THE OF THE ENGLISH NATION
by HAKLUYT, RICHARD
London: [Printed by] George Bishop, Ralph Newberie and Robert Barker, 1599-1600. Second Edition, Second State (title page with "yeres" instead of "years" and no mention of the Cadiz victory) of first two volumes; FIRST EDITION of third volume. 282 x 190 mm. (11 1/8 x 7 1/2"). Vol. I with the suppressed section on the 1596 Voyage to Cadiz present as a reprint issued ca. 1720 (per ESTC), pages numbered 607-20. Three volumes.. Excellent blind-tooled diced russia, ca.... Read More
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Principal Navigations, Voiages and discoveries of the English Nation, made by Sea or over Land, to the most remote and farthest distant Quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1500 yeeres
by Hakluyt, Richard
1599. London: George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, Deputies to Christopher Barker, 1599-1600. Folio, 3 parts in 2 vols. (24), 1-620; (16), 1-312, 1-204; (16), 1-868 pp. Early 18th century mottled calf, rebacked, retaining original backstrips; a handful of leaves with repair and reinforcement. Edges dyed red. Pencil and ink annotations citing the Irish provenance of the Orrery Library, with ink shelf marks and engraved bookplates on the verso of the title-pages. ß An internally sound and... Read More
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Principal Navigations, Voyages
by HAKLUYT, Richard
London: George Bishop, Ralph Newberrie and Robert Barker, 1599. Full Description: HAKLUYT, Richard. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation, made by Sea or ouer-land, ro the remote and farthest distant quarters of the Earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1600 yeres: Deuided into three seuerall Volumes, according to the positions of the Regions, whereunto they were directed... London: George Bishop, Ralph Newberrie and Robert Barker, 1599-1600. The second, expanded... Read More
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Nieuwe Wereldt ofte Beschrijvinghe van West-Indien, wt veelerhande Schriften ende Aenteekeningen van verscheydn Natien by een versamelt
by Laet, Johannes de
Leyden: Isaack Elzevier, 1625. First edition. Gothic letter. 10 double-page engraved maps by Hessel Gerritsz. [24], 510, [16]pp. Small folio, bound in sixes. Contemporary quarter vellum with tips and pastepaper covered boards, minor soiling and wear, front hinge starting. Some toning, foxing and staining, split at the lower fold of the first map, minor worming, two leaves of the register in the rear (2x3-4) with restoration to the lower corners affecting a few letters. Provenance: Jan van der Hasselt... Read More
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The History of Travayle in the West and East Indies, and other countreys lying eyther way, towards the fruitfull and ryche Moluccas. As Moscovia, Persia, Arabia, Syria, Aegypte, Ethiopia, Guinea, China in Cathayo, and Giapan: With a discourse of the Northwest passage.... Gathered in parte, and done into Englyshe by Richard Eden. Newly set in order, augmented, and finished by Richard Willes
by VOYAGES AND TRAVELS. NEW WORLD. Anghiera, Peter Martire d', (1457-1526), known as Peter Martyr. Eden, Richard (c.1520-1576), translator. Willes, Richard (fl.1558-1577), translator and editor
London: Richard Jugge, 1577. SECOND EDITION, GREATLY EXPANDED. Hardcover. Fine. A fine, complete copy in 18th c. calfskin, rebacked, with some wear at the board edges. Title page lightly soiled, the outer corner and lower margin a bit ragged, a few light marginal stains in the text, some text on p 30 lightly printed. Light damp-staining at the beginning of the volume, heavier in gatherings B and C; small marginal wormhole to first 5 and last 2 leaves.... Read More
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