1626 · London
by Purchas, Samuel (1577?-1626)
London: printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, 1626. Fourth edition. Very Good. London: printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, 1625-1626. Fourth edition. Five volumes, folio, the first four volumes in blind ruled contemporary calf, edges stained red, each measuring 350 mm tall; the fifth volume in contemporary paneled calf and measuring 330 mm tall, all five volumes rebacked with matching spines, contrasting morocco title label gilt-lettered Purchas’s Pilgrimage; all five volumes with the armorial bookplate of the Right Honorable George Rose (1744-1818). Fresh throughout despite some pale stains and paper flaws to the margins, a couple of leaves remargined, and early ink marginalia to volume five; overall, a Very Good, complete set.
Collating complete with 81 half-page and 7 double-page maps. Collation: Vol. I: engraved title page (supplied, remargined at head and foot to match); pp. [xxxiv], 186; [2, blank]; (8); 748, (23); thirteen half-page and one double-page engraved maps after Hondius; the map on p. 65 in the first state, duplicating the Map of the Christian World on p. 115; the marginal note on p. 217 in corrected state to “Eshim,” unusually retaining the Tt signature, but with the associated mispagination noted in Sabin; signatures Mmmm4 and Mmmm5 in the first state. Vol. II: pp. [iv]; 749 - 1860; [38]; colophon; twenty-four half-page maps. Vol. III: pp. [xxvi]; 1140; [68], nineteen half-page and three double-page maps. Vol. IV: pp. [vi]; 1141 - 1973; [40]; two half-page and two double-page maps, the double page map of Virginia supplied trimmed, the map of New France etc. bound in at p.1882 rather than 1872. Vol. V (Pilgrimage): pp. [xl]; 1047; [35]; twenty-three half-page and one double-page maps.
The fourth edition of the Pilgrimage—“the best edition” (Sabin)—forms the fifth and final volume to Purchas his Pilgrimes, “One of the fullest and most important collections of early voyages and travels in the English language” (Sabin)
“This great geographical collection is a continuation and enlargement of Hakluyt’s The Principal Navigations. At the death of Hakluyt [in 1616] there was left a large collection of voyages in manuscript which came into the hands of Purchas, who added to them many more voyages and travels…This fine collection includes the accounts of Cortes and Pizarro, Drake, Cavendish, John and Richard Hawkins, Quiros, Magellan, van Noort, Spillbergen, and Barents, as well as the categories of Portuguese voyages to the East Indies, Jesuit voyages to China and Japan, East India Company voyages, and the expeditions of the Muscovy Company” (Hill)
Provenance: The fifth volume: Thomas Tinkerson, his signature, dated 1714, to title page; the five volumes: the Right Honorable George Rose, Treasurer of the Navy, his armorial bookplate to each pastedown; Maggs Bros., London, acquired 1980; private collection.
Sabin 66682-66686; Church 401A; Hill p. 243; Borba de Moraes II, pp. 692-693. Very Good. (Inventory #: 6943)
Collating complete with 81 half-page and 7 double-page maps. Collation: Vol. I: engraved title page (supplied, remargined at head and foot to match); pp. [xxxiv], 186; [2, blank]; (8); 748, (23); thirteen half-page and one double-page engraved maps after Hondius; the map on p. 65 in the first state, duplicating the Map of the Christian World on p. 115; the marginal note on p. 217 in corrected state to “Eshim,” unusually retaining the Tt signature, but with the associated mispagination noted in Sabin; signatures Mmmm4 and Mmmm5 in the first state. Vol. II: pp. [iv]; 749 - 1860; [38]; colophon; twenty-four half-page maps. Vol. III: pp. [xxvi]; 1140; [68], nineteen half-page and three double-page maps. Vol. IV: pp. [vi]; 1141 - 1973; [40]; two half-page and two double-page maps, the double page map of Virginia supplied trimmed, the map of New France etc. bound in at p.1882 rather than 1872. Vol. V (Pilgrimage): pp. [xl]; 1047; [35]; twenty-three half-page and one double-page maps.
The fourth edition of the Pilgrimage—“the best edition” (Sabin)—forms the fifth and final volume to Purchas his Pilgrimes, “One of the fullest and most important collections of early voyages and travels in the English language” (Sabin)
“This great geographical collection is a continuation and enlargement of Hakluyt’s The Principal Navigations. At the death of Hakluyt [in 1616] there was left a large collection of voyages in manuscript which came into the hands of Purchas, who added to them many more voyages and travels…This fine collection includes the accounts of Cortes and Pizarro, Drake, Cavendish, John and Richard Hawkins, Quiros, Magellan, van Noort, Spillbergen, and Barents, as well as the categories of Portuguese voyages to the East Indies, Jesuit voyages to China and Japan, East India Company voyages, and the expeditions of the Muscovy Company” (Hill)
Provenance: The fifth volume: Thomas Tinkerson, his signature, dated 1714, to title page; the five volumes: the Right Honorable George Rose, Treasurer of the Navy, his armorial bookplate to each pastedown; Maggs Bros., London, acquired 1980; private collection.
Sabin 66682-66686; Church 401A; Hill p. 243; Borba de Moraes II, pp. 692-693. Very Good. (Inventory #: 6943)
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