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 [sic] of Iapan, China, Cauchinchina, the Philippinae with others ... The fifth, nauigations, voyages, traffiques, discoueries, of the English nation in the easterne parts of the world ... The first part.
1625
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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 [sic] of Iapan, China, Cauchinchina, the Philippinae with others ... The fifth, nauigations, voyages, traffiques, discoueries, of the English nation in the easterne parts of the world ... The first part.
Created/published
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.
Description
4 v. (v.1: [36], 186, [10], 468, 479-642, 645-748, [24] p. (first leaf blank), [2] leaves of plates (1 folded); v.2: [4], 749-857, 860-1,270, 1,269-1,860, [40] p.; v.3: [28], 668, 699-1,006, 1,009-1,140, [68] p., [3] folded leaves of plates; v.4: [8], 1,141-1,234, 1,237-1,973 , [41] p., [2] folded leaves of plates) : ill., maps, tables ; (fol.)
Associated name
Purchas, Samuel, 1577?-1626, author.
Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616, attributed name.
Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina, 1814-1906, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616, attributed name.
Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina, 1814-1906, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Note
"This work's intrinsic value is due rather to its having preserved some record of early voyages otherwise unknown, than to the literary skill or ability of the author. It may fairly be supposed that the originals of many of the journals entrusted to him, of which he published an imperfect abstract, were lost through his carelessness; so that the fact that the 'Pilgrimes' contains the only extant account of some voyages is by his fault, not by his merit. A comparison of what he has printed with such originals as remain shows that he was neither a faithful editor nor a judicious compiler, and that he took little pains to arrive at an accurate knowledge of facts. He inherited many of the manuscripts of Richard Hakluyt [q.v.], but the use he made of them was widely different from Hakluyt's"--DNB.
With an additional engraved title page in v. 1, "Hakluytus posthumus or Purchas his pilgrimes. ..". Variant: this title page dated 1624.
Includes indexes.
First leaf of volumes 3 and 4 are blank.
There are cancelled and uncancelled states of v. 1 G3 and 4M4,5.
Often found with the fourth edition of "Purchase his pilgrimage" bound as v. 5; they are, however, entirely different works.
Folded plates in vols. 1 and 3 signed: R: Elstracke sculpsit.
Each volume has a separate dated title page with the respective parts above the imprint.
Filmed copy at Adam Matthew set East Meets West Original Records of Western Traders, Travellers, Missionaries and Diplomats to 1852 Part 1: The Log Book of William Adams (1564-1620), reel 10: Lister E 53 Part 1, v. 1 only; ?preliminary blank. Reel 11; Lister E 54 Part 2, v. 2 only.
Filmed copy at UMI microfilm Early English Books, Tract Supplement reel E4 has middle section of engraved title page only.
Signatures: v.1: [par.]⁶ a⁶ A-F⁶ G⁶(±G3) H-Q⁶ R-S⁴, 2A-2L⁶ 2M⁶(±2M4,5) 2N-4P⁶ 4Q⁶(-4Q3-6), ²a-c⁴. v.2: [par.]² 4Q⁶(-4Q1,2) 4R-8Q⁶, 2a-2e⁴. v.3: pi⁴ *⁶ A⁴ B-5A⁶ 5B⁶(-3-6), 3a-3h⁴ 3i². v.4: [par.]⁴ 5B⁶(-1,2) 5C-8A⁶ 8B⁴, 4a-4e⁴.
Curatorial files available for copy 1 (includes vols. 1 and 4), and copy 2 (includes vols. 1 and 3).
With an additional engraved title page in v. 1, "Hakluytus posthumus or Purchas his pilgrimes. ..". Variant: this title page dated 1624.
Includes indexes.
First leaf of volumes 3 and 4 are blank.
There are cancelled and uncancelled states of v. 1 G3 and 4M4,5.
Often found with the fourth edition of "Purchase his pilgrimage" bound as v. 5; they are, however, entirely different works.
Folded plates in vols. 1 and 3 signed: R: Elstracke sculpsit.
Each volume has a separate dated title page with the respective parts above the imprint.
Filmed copy at Adam Matthew set East Meets West Original Records of Western Traders, Travellers, Missionaries and Diplomats to 1852 Part 1: The Log Book of William Adams (1564-1620), reel 10: Lister E 53 Part 1, v. 1 only; ?preliminary blank. Reel 11; Lister E 54 Part 2, v. 2 only.
Filmed copy at UMI microfilm Early English Books, Tract Supplement reel E4 has middle section of engraved title page only.
Signatures: v.1: [par.]⁶ a⁶ A-F⁶ G⁶(±G3) H-Q⁶ R-S⁴, 2A-2L⁶ 2M⁶(±2M4,5) 2N-4P⁶ 4Q⁶(-4Q3-6), ²a-c⁴. v.2: [par.]² 4Q⁶(-4Q1,2) 4R-8Q⁶, 2a-2e⁴. v.3: pi⁴ *⁶ A⁴ B-5A⁶ 5B⁶(-3-6), 3a-3h⁴ 3i². v.4: [par.]⁴ 5B⁶(-1,2) 5C-8A⁶ 8B⁴, 4a-4e⁴.
Curatorial files available for copy 1 (includes vols. 1 and 4), and copy 2 (includes vols. 1 and 3).
ESTC staff note
Blanks from F.S. Ferguson notes.
Signatures from DFo.
Signatures from DFo.
Exhibited
Copy 1 Vol. 4 Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2007. Shakespeare in American Life (catalog entry 3)
Copy 2. Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2010. Lost at Sea.
Copy 2. Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2010. Lost at Sea.
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 20509
Sabin, 66683-6
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111862
Sabin, 66683-6
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111862
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 20509 copy 1 Vol. 1
Folger-specific note
HH173/18. Leaf G3 in its uncancelled state. Lacking the blank leaf; small holes to leaves F3 and 2I3, affecting text. In old speckled calf gilt, rebacked; uniformly bound with this set (as 'Vol. 5') is: Purchas, Samuel. Purchas his pilgrimage ... London, 1626 (shelf-mark STC 20508 Copy 2); printed waste under paste-downs. Provenance: sold by Francis Edwards, bookseller, to Leicester Harmsworth, 1920 (Folger files); Harmsworth copy
Call number
STC 20509 copy 1 Vol. 2
Folger-specific note
HH173/18. Made-up copy: leaves 8D6 and 2e4 (final leaf) from another copy (Folger files). Leaf 7O6 torn, affecting text; 6X4r stained, affecting text; 7V6 creased. Provenance: Harmsworth copy (see note on shelf-mark STC 20509 Copy 1 Vol. 1 for complete description)
Call number
STC 20509 copy 1 Vol. 3
Folger-specific note
HH173/18. Lacking the blank leaf. Burn-hole in leaves Q6, 2A2-4, affecting text; manuscript drawing, copying an in-text illus., 4V4r (this p. also stained, affecting text). Provenance: Harmsworth copy (see note on shelf-mark STC 20509 Copy 1 Vol. 1 for complete description)
Call number
STC 20509 copy 1 Vol. 4
Folger-specific note
HH173/18. Lacking the blank leaf. Made-up copy: leaf 4e4 from another copy (Folger files). Provenance: Harmsworth copy (see note on shelf-mark STC 20509 Copy 1 Vol. 1 for complete description)
Call number
STC 20509 copy 2 Vol. 1
Folger-specific note
cs1496. Variant. Indexes from this and other volumes of this set bound together in a separate volume (shelf-mark STC 20509 Tables 1-4). Wanting the blank leaf. Engr. t.p. is mounted; burn-hole in leaves N5-6, affecting text. Cancellandum G3 (and conjugate G4) from another copy bound in before cancel leaf G3. Red goatskin binding, with all edges gilt and marbled, signed by Clarke & Bedford. Provenance: Earl of Gosford copy (undated manuscript note signed C.W. tipped onto front fly-leaf: "[This] copy ... purchased at Messrs. Sotheby & Wilkinson ... was sold to the present Earl of Gosford (then Lord Acheson) ..."); manuscript bibliographical notes signed "C.W."; inscribed on front fly-leaf: "Perfect Copy Bought of Mr. Quaritch May 1867"; unidentified bookseller's catalogue entry for this set affixed to front paste-down; Baroness Angela Burdett-Coutts copy (Folger file); Folger purchase from Sotheby's, January 1926
Call number
STC 20509 copy 2 Vol. 2
Folger-specific note
cs1496. Indexes from this and other volumes of this set bound together in a separate volume (shelf-mark STC 20509 Tables 1-4). Provenance: Earl of Gosford - Baroness Burdett-Coutts copy; for complete provenance, see shelf-mark STC 20509 Copy 2 Vol. 1)
Call number
STC 20509 copy 2 Vol. 3
Folger-specific note
cs1496. Wanting the blank. Indexes from this and other volumes of this set bound together in a separate volume (shelf-mark STC 20509 Tables 1-4). Provenance: Earl of Gosford - Baroness Burdett-Coutts copy; for complete provenance, see shelf-mark STC 20509 Copy 2 Vol. 1)
Call number
STC 20509 copy 2 Vol. 4
Folger-specific note
cs1496. Wanting the blank. Indexes from this and other volumes of this set bound together in a separate volume (shelf-mark STC 20509 Tables 1-4). Provenance: Earl of Gosford - Baroness Burdett-Coutts copy; for complete provenance, see shelf-mark STC 20509 Copy 2 Vol. 1)
Call number
STC 20509 Tables 1-4
Folger-specific note
cs1496. Indexes only: duplicate t.p. from Vol. 1, with blank paper strip pasted over words "The first part"; and: tables from vols. 1-4: Vol. 1, gathering S and ²a-c; Vol. 2, 2a-2e; Vol. 3, 3a-3i; Vol. 4, 4a-4e; plus gatherings 4V-4Z, tables from shelfmark STC 20508 Copy 3 (Purchase his pilgrimage, London, 1626), shelved and uniformly bound with this set. Provenance: Earl of Gosford - Baroness Angela Burdett-Coutts copy; for complete provenance, see shelf-mark STC 20509 Copy 2 Vol. 1