PURCHAS, Samuel (1577-1626). Purchas his Pilgrimage, or Relations of the World...London, 1617.
Purchas his Pilgrimage, or Relations of the World and their Religions Observed in al Ages... London: William Stansby for Henry Fetherstone, 1617. 4to in eights (273 x 178 mm). Woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. (Lacking title-page, supplied in facsimile, marginal repairs to a few leaves). Provenance: Joseph Grainger (ownership signature dated 1758 on front blank); contemporary marginalia.
THIRD EDITION by one of the best known travel writers. The work is divided into 9 books, with the first 5 on Asia, the next 2 on Africa, and the final 2 (pp.893-1102) on America: New France, Virginia, Florida, Mexico, and South America. European Americana 617/120; Sabin 66681.
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