Purchas his Pilgrimage, or, Relations of the world and the religions observed in all ages and places discouered, from the creation vnto this present
Subtitle: in foure partes : this first containeth a theologicall and geographicall historie of Asia, Africa, and America, with the ilands adiacent : declaring the ancient religions before the floud, the heathnish, Jewish, and Saracenicall in all ages since ... with briefe descriptions of the countries, nations, states, discoueries, priuate and publike customes, and the most remarkable rarities of nature, or humane industrie, in the same
By: by Samuel Purchas, minister at Estwood in Essex.
Contributors: Stansby, William, fl. 1597-1638, printer.; Featherstone, Henry, d. 1647, bookseller.; English Printing Collection (Library of Congress)
Edition: [1st ed.]
Publisher: Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, and are to be sold at his shoppe in Pauls Church-yard at the signe of the rose
Published: 1613
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 754
Subjects: Religions -- Early works to 1800; Geography -- Early works to 1800; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Pvrchas his Pilgrimage; Pilgrimage; Purchas his Pilgrimage; Relations of the world and the religions observed in all ages and places discouered, from the creation vnto this present
Notes: STC (2nd ed.) 20505
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The "4th ed." (1626) is generally found as v. 1 or v. 5 of the author's Hakluytus posthumus, 1625.
Title within line border.
Signatures: [par.]⁶ A⁸ B⁴ C-Ttt⁶ Vuu⁵.
Paging irregular: p. 35, 134, 212, 214, 231, 369, 379, 473, 485, 490, 491, 543 incorrectly numbered 33, 132, 112, 114, 131, 373, 373, 467, 483, 489, 490, 583 respectively; 470-473 repeated in numbering, 675-676 omitted.
"The catalogue of the authors [mentioned]": prelim. leaves 12-14.
LC copy imperfect: p. 393-394 (sig. Mm1) p. 403-404 (sig. Mm6) and two leaves in the "Table" at end, wanting.