Cosmographie in four books
Subtitle: Containing the chorographie and historie of the whole world, and all the principal kingdoms, provinces, seas, and isles thereof
By: By Peter Heylyn
Edition: The second edition ...
Publisher: Printed for Henry Seile, and are to be sold at his shop over against St. Dunstans church in Fleetstreet
Published: 1652
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1095
Notes: Added engr. t.-p., by Robert Vaughan.

In 6 pts., each with special t.-p.: book 1 has imprint "London, Printed by E. C. for Henry Seile ... M.DC.LVI."; book 2, "London, Printed by E. C. for Henry Seile ... M.DC.LVII."; book 3, book 4, pts.1-2, & "An appendix to the former vvork, endeavouring a discovery of the unknown parts of the world, especially of Terra australis incognita ..." have imprint "London, Printed for Henry Seile, 1656."

4 fold. maps, of Europe, Asia, Africa & America printed "impensis Henrici Seile, 1652," are the same as those in the first edition; Europe is engraved by Robert Vaughan, Asia by John Goddard, & Africa & America by William Trevethen.

An expanded version of his Mikrokosmos.

In this setting of the "2d edition," ℓ. 4-8 of "A general introduction," pt.1, end with the words "same," "understand-", "Nati-" & "necessarily"; another setting has "by", "understanding", "present;" & "required".

There are at least 2 settings of signatures Ii⁴, Kk-Qq⁶, containing p. [357]-448, & signatures Ttt-Ssss⁶, Tttt⁴, containing p. 761-[1009]; in this setting p. 360, ℓ. 2 reads "Germanie" & p. 761, ℓ. 5 reads "Countrey."

Inserted is an A.L.s (Samuel Sewall) to J. Wingate Thornton; Burlington, 1 July 1850; ls. ([4]p.); presenting this volume. On p. [3] of the letter are some notes on the provenance of the volume by J. Wingate Thornton.

The copy of John Eliot, "Apostle to the Indians," with his autograph & ms. notes (part in shorthand); the copy also bears the autographs of John Eliot (AB 1685), grandson of the "Apostle", Benjamin Wadsworth (AB 1690), president of Harvard college, Nathaniel Williams (AB 1693), headmaster of Boston Latin school, Warham Williams (AB 1719) and others.

Imperfect: added engr. t.-p. wanting.