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Book/Printed Material Pvrchas his Pilgrimage, or, Relations of the world and the religions obserued in all ages and places discouered, from the creation vnto this present Relations of the world and the religions observed in all ages and places discovered, from the creation unto this present / Pilgrimage / Relations of the world and the religions obserued in all ages and places discoured, from the creation vnto this present

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  • Pvrchas his Pilgrimage, or, Relations of the world and the religions obserued in all ages and places discouered, from the creation vnto this present : contayning a theologicall and geographicall historie of Asia, Africa, and America, with the ilands adiacent : declaring the ancient religions before the flovd, the heathenish, Iewish, and Saracenicall in all ages since, in those parts professed, with their seuerall opinions ... with briefe descriptions of the countries, nations, states, discoueries, priuate and publike customes, and the most remarkable rarities of natvre, or humane industrie, in the same

Other Title

  • Relations of the world and the religions observed in all ages and places discovered, from the creation unto this present
  • Pilgrimage
  • Relations of the world and the religions obserued in all ages and places discoured, from the creation vnto this present

Names

  • Purchas, Samuel, 1577?-1626
  • Erpenius, Thomas, 1584-1624
  • Featherstone, Henry, -1647, bookseller
  • Horsey, Jerome, 1550?-1626
  • Makīn, Jirjis ibn al-ʻAmīd, 1205-1273
  • Methold, William, 1590-1653
  • Stansby, William, active 1597-1638, printer
  • English Printing Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London : Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, and are to sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard, at the signe of the rose, 1626.

Headings

  • -  Geography--Early works to 1800
  • -  Religions--Early works to 1800
  • -  Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800
  • -  Africa--Discovery and exploration--Sources
  • -  America--Discovery and exploration--Early works to 1800
  • -  Asia--Description and travel--Sources
  • -  East Indies--Discovery and exploration--Early works to 1800
  • -  England--London

Notes

  • -  "The catalogve of the avthors": p. [31-38] (1st group)
  • -  "The Saracentical historie ... written in Arabike by George Elmacin ... and translated into Latine by Thomas Erpenius ... Englished, abridged, and continued to the end of the Chalifa's, by Samuel Purchas": p. [1009]-1047, incl. special t.p.
  • -  "Two relations, one of the northeasterne parts, extracted ovt of Sir Ierome Horsey ... the other, of the sovtheasterne parts, viz. Golchonda ... written by Mr. William Methold": p. [969]-1007, incl. special t.p.
  • -  Errors in pagination. Quire Y numbered: 241, 242, 241-246, 245, 248-250; quire 3I numbered: 635-636, 635-644. Text is continuous.
  • -  LC copy of the single vol. of the Pvrchas his Pilgrimage and the four vols. of the author's Haklvtvs posthumus ([London] : Imprinted at London for Henry Fetherston at y[e]e signe of the rose in Pauls Churchyard, 1625) are bound in the same manner subsequent to publication. The spines of all five vols. are lettered, "Purchas's Pilgrims," and are numbered I, II, III, IV, V (i.e., the author's single vol. of Pvrchas his Pilgrimage is numbered "VOL. V").
  • -  Signatures: [paragraph sign]⁶ 2[paragraph sign]⁶ A⁸ B-4P⁶ 4Q⁸ 4R-4S⁶ 4T⁸ 4U-4Y⁴ 4Z⁶.
  • -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • -  Church, E.D. Discovery, 401A
  • -  ESTC S111832
  • -  Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, no. 40
  • -  Sabin 66682
  • -  STC 20508
  • -  G159.P98 vol. 6 Copy 3, piece was formerly marked G159.P98 copy 2 Rare Book Coll. vj17 2006-07-19
  • -  Kislak accession no.: 1988.008.00.0003 [this is copy 4].
  • -  Special Files Project; vb59 01-18-2008

Medium

  • [40], 1047 (i.e. 1051), [37] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., maps ; 35 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G159 .P98 vol. 5
  • G159 .P98 vol. 5 Copy 4 The single vol. of this copy of Pvrchas his Pilgrimage and the four vols. of the author's Haklvtvs posthumus ([London] : Imprinted at London for Henry Fetherston at y[e]e signe of the rose in Pauls Churchyard, 1625) are bound in the same manner subsequent to publication. The spines of all five vols. are lettered, "PVRCHAS PILGRIMS," and are numbered "VOLVM 1," "2 VOLVM," "3 VOLVM," "4 VOLVM," and "5 VOLVM" (i.e., the spine of the author's single vol. of Pvrchas his Pilgrimage is numbered "5 VOLVM"). Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation. Has marginal manuscript annotations; has armorial bookplate of "Sir Mountague Cholmeley Bart."; has inscription "Ex. Bib. Petr. de Cardonnel 1645."
  • G159 .P98 vol. 6 Copy 3 The single vol. of this copy of Pvrchas his Pilgrimage and the four vols. of the author's Haklvtvs posthumus ([London] : Imprinted at London for Henry Fetherston at y[e]e signe of the rose in Pauls Churchyard, 1625) are bound in the same manner subsequent to publication. The spines of all five vols. are lettered, "Purchas's Pilgrims," and are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 (i.e., the spine of the author's single vol. of Pvrchas his Pilgrimage is incorrectly numbered [vol.] "6"). Has bookplate: Hugh Cecil Earl of Lonsdale. This copy is available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Gift of Hans P. and Hanni Kraus.

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  • 08017147

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Chicago citation style:

Purchas, Samuel, 1577?-1626, Thomas Erpenius, Henry Featherstone, Jerome Horsey, Jirjis Ibn Al-ʻAmīd Makīn, William Methold, William Stansby, English Printing Collection, Hans And Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection, and Jay I. Kislak Collection. Pvrchas his Pilgrimage, or, Relations of the world and the religions obserued in all ages and places discouered, from the creation vnto this present: contayning a theologicall and geographicall historie of Asia, Africa, and America, with the ilands adiacent: declaring the ancient religions before the flovd, the heathenish, Iewish, and Saracenicall in all ages since, in those parts professed, with their seuerall opinions ... with briefe descriptions of the countries, nations, states, discoueries, priuate and publike customes, and the most remarkable rarities of natvre, or humane industrie, in the same. London: Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, and are to sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard, at the signe of the rose, 1626. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/08017147/.

APA citation style:

Purchas, S., Erpenius, T., Featherstone, H., Horsey, J., Makīn, J. I. A., Methold, W. [...] Jay I. Kislak Collection. (1626) Pvrchas his Pilgrimage, or, Relations of the world and the religions obserued in all ages and places discouered, from the creation vnto this present: contayning a theologicall and geographicall historie of Asia, Africa, and America, with the ilands adiacent: declaring the ancient religions before the flovd, the heathenish, Iewish, and Saracenicall in all ages since, in those parts professed, with their seuerall opinions ... with briefe descriptions of the countries, nations, states, discoueries, priuate and publike customes, and the most remarkable rarities of natvre, or humane industrie, in the same. London: Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, and are to sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard, at the signe of the rose. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/08017147/.

MLA citation style:

Purchas, Samuel, 1577?-1626, et al. Pvrchas his Pilgrimage, or, Relations of the world and the religions obserued in all ages and places discouered, from the creation vnto this present: contayning a theologicall and geographicall historie of Asia, Africa, and America, with the ilands adiacent: declaring the ancient religions before the flovd, the heathenish, Iewish, and Saracenicall in all ages since, in those parts professed, with their seuerall opinions ... with briefe descriptions of the countries, nations, states, discoueries, priuate and publike customes, and the most remarkable rarities of natvre, or humane industrie, in the same. London: Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, and are to sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard, at the signe of the rose, 1626. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/08017147/>.