Purchas his pilgrimage. Or Relations of the vvorld 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 Floud, the heathenish, Iewish, and Saracenicall in all ages since, in those parts professed, with their seuerall opinions, idols, oracles, temples, priests, fasts, feasts, sacrifices, and rites religious: their beginnings, proceedings, alterations, sects, orders and svccessions. VVith briefe descriptions of the countries, nations, states, disoueries; priuate and publike cutomes, and the most remarkable rarities of natvre, or humane insdustrie, in the same. The fourth edition, much enlarged with additions, and illustrated with mappes through the whole worke; and three whole treatises annexed, one of Russia and other northeasterne regions by Sr. Ierome Horsey; the second of the Gulfe of Bengala by Master William Methold; the third of the Saracenicall empire, translated out of Arabike by T. Erpenius. /
Purchas, Samuel,1577?-1626.
Haddington, Thomas Hamilton,Earl of,1563-1637.former owner.StEdNL: Tyn.245
Mak⁻in, Jirjis ibn al-ʻAm⁻id,1205-1273.Taŕikh al-Muslimin. English.1626
Methold, William,1590-1653.
Horsey, Jerome,Sir,-1626.
London, : Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard at the signe of the Rose.,
1626..
Ownership inscription on title page reads: Hadinton. Armorial bookplate of "The Right Honble. Thomas Earl of Hadinton" on the title page verso.
Signatures: [par.]-2[par.]⁶ A⁸ B-4P⁶ 4Q⁸ 4R-4S⁶ 4T⁸ 4V-4Y⁴ 4Z⁶ ([par.]2 signed [par.]3)
The first leaf is blank.
Tvvo relations, one of the northeasterne parts, extracted out of Sir Ierome Horsey Knight ... The other, of the southeasterne parts ... written by Mr. William Methold and The Saracenical historie, each have separate dated title pages; pagination and register are continuous.
The Saracenical historie is a translation by Purchas from Erpenius's translation of: Mak⁻in, Jirjis ibn al-ʻAm⁻id. Taŕikh al-Muslimin.
Includes index.
Another state of STC 20508 with the first quire reset; title begins "Purchas"; includes an added dedication to King Charles.
Often found as volume 5 of Purchas his pilgrimes; they are, however, entirely different works.
Identified as STC 20508 on UMI microfilm.
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