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Hakluytus posthumus: PB 199-2020

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Hakluytus posthumus
Haklvytvs posthumus, or, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes : contayning a history of the world, in sea voyages, & lande-trauells / by Englishmen and others, wherein Gods wonders in nature & prouidence, the actes, arts, varieties & vanities of men, w[i]th a world of the worlds rarities are by a world of eyewitnesse-authors related to the world, some left written by Mr. Hakluyt at his death, more since added, his also perused, & perfected, all examined, abreuiated, illustrated w[i]th notes, enlarged w[i]th discourses, adorned w[i]th pictures, and expressed in mapps, in fower parts, each containing fiue bookes ; [compiled] by Samvel Pvrchas, B.D.
Pvrchas his Pilgrimes :in five bookes
Hakluytus posthumus
Purchas his Pilgrimes

Maker(s)

Author.: Purchas, Samuel,
Hakluyt, Richard,
Engraver.: Elstracke, Renold,
Printer. Stansby, William.: Stansby, William
Bookseller.: Featherstone, Henry,
Donor.: Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, (Viscount,)

Description

Pvrchas his Pilgrimes :
Hakluytus posthumus
Purchas his Pilgrimes
Title from engraved title page present in volume 1.
Each of the 4 parts has additional title page with title: Pvrchas his Pilgrimes; and with imprint: London, Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone ... 1625.
Continuous pagination & register in vols. 1-2, 3-4.
Old classmark: 694.
Binding: full calf, blind & g. rolled border; spine & board edges g.t., border g.t. on inside covers, raised bands, g. lettering; coloured e.p.; a.e. marbled.

Voyages and travels Early works to 1800. Voyages around the world Early works to 1800. Geography Early works to 1800. Explorers Great Britain. Explorers Spain. Explorers Portugal. Explorers France. Explorers Netherlands.

Notes

History note: Provenance: Fitzwilliam, 1809.

Measurements and weight

4 v ([6] folded leaves of plates) : ill, maps ; 33cm (fol in 6s).

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Note

Purchas, Samuel,1577?-1626author.London :Imprinted ... for Henry Fetherston at ye signe of the rose in Pauls Churchyard,1625. Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616. Elstracke, Renold, active 1590-1630, engraver. Stansby, William, active 1597-1638, printer. Stansby, William. Featherstone, Henry, -1647, bookseller. Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, Viscount, 1745-1816, donor.

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 199-2020
Primary reference Number: 279367
ALMA control 001: 99120123803606
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 17 December 2020 Updated: Thursday 17 December 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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