PURCHAS, Samuel, 1577?-1626. Purchas his pilgrimes : In fiue bookes. The first, contayning the voyages and peregrinations made by ancient kings, patriarkes, apostles, philosophers, and others, to and thorow the remoter parts of the knowne world: enquiries also of languages and religions, especially of the moderne diuersified professions of Christianitie. The second, a description of all the circum-nauigations of the globe. The third, nauigations and voyages of English-men, alongst the coasts of Africa ... The fourth, English voyages beyond the East Indies, to the ilands of Iapan, China, Cauchinchina, the Philippinæ[32]with others ... The fifth, nauigations, voyages, traffiques, discoueries, of the English nation in the easterne parts of the world ...

Fourth Edition.

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, 1625-1626.

5 volumes. With decorative initials and vignettes, marginals notes, maps and plates.

With Volume 5 titled Purchas His Pilgrimage or Relations of the World and was created as a separate work to recount the various religions around the world.

Bound in speckled leather, red leather spine labels, gilt spine title, speckled edges.


H: 13 W: 8 1/2 in. Poor to Fair. With covers of Vols. 2 and 4 detached, spines pulled away in places, covers, edges, and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine label of Vol. 4 detached. Lacks engraved t.p., lacks double-page folding engraved map of "Virginia" by John Smith along with others as listed. Volumes with variable bindings.
With letter from the British Museum, 16th August, 1960, laid in.
Vol1: frontispiece missing, p.578 Tartaria (Mongol Empire) missing
Vol III:  401 China existing
472 Greenland existing
              852 North America missing
Vol IV: 1690 Virginia missing
               1873 Canada missing
Vol V:   439 China missing