Macclesfield Library Part Nine: Voyages, Travel and Atlases

3257. Purchas his pilgrimes. London: William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, 1625, first edition, 4 volumes, vol. 1: [36 (including engraved title dated 1625)], 156, 175-186, [10], 1-220, 223-226, 225-468, 479-642, 645-748, [24]pp., G3 uncancelled, R4 a blank, headline on p. 717 corrected in ink; vol. 2: [4], 749-857, 860-1270, 1269-1696, 1701-1860, [40]pp.; vol. 3: [26], 668, 699-1006, 1009-1140, [68]pp., without the first blank; vol. 4: [6], 1141-1234, 1237-1973, [41]pp., without the first blank, vol.1 illustration: engraved folding map of the Empire of the great Mogoll by R. Elstracke (pp.578-579), and 13 maps in text (including Hondius's map of the Christian world on p. 115, repeated on p.65), woodcut illustrations, extra-illustrations: 26 mounted engraved plates (trimmed to plate mark), 6 plates tipped-in with text on verso, 3 folding charts and title-page from Le Maire's Spieghel der australische navigatie of 1622 (see footnote); vol.2 illustration: 24 engraved maps in text, one woodcut and 6 engraved illustrations, extra-illustrations: loose engraved plate with text on verso (pp.966-967); vol.3 illustration: engraved folding map of China (pp.400-401), folding map of North America (pp.852-853), one folding plate including a small map of Greenland (pp.472-473), 19 maps in text, numerous illustrations of Mexican paintings (pp.1067-1117), extra-illustrations: engraved frontispiece and 14 folding charts (numbered 1-14) from Antonio de Herrera's Description des Indes Occidentales, and 19 other plates (text on verso), top corner of T6 torn and repaired with loss of a few letters; vol.4 illustration: 2 engraved folding maps: Virginia by J. Smith (pp. 1692-1693) and New France [etc.] (pp. 1872-1873), 2 maps in text, extra-illustrations: 23 engraved plates (trimmed to image; text on verso), including some from H. Ottsen's Journael oft Daghelijcx Register van de voyagie na Rio de Plata (Amsterdam, 1617)

Estimate: 25,000 – 30,000 GBP

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3258. Sir Walter Ralegh his large appologie (for his last voyage to Guiana) together with four letters by him to James I (2), Sir Ralph Winwood, and Ralegh's wife. [London?, c. 1630]

Estimate: 4,000 – 7,000 GBP

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3259. Delle navigationi et viaggi. Venice: Giunti, 1606

Estimate: 8,000 – 10,000 GBP

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3260. Lancaster his Allarums, honorable assaultes, and supprising of the Block-houses and Store-houses belonging to Fernand Bucke in Brasill. London: by A. J[effes] for W. Barley and are to be solde at his shop in Gratious-streat, [neer vnto Leadenhall gate], [1595]

Estimate: 20,000 – 30,000 GBP

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3261. Aigentliche Beschreibung der Raisz... inn die Morgenlander. Lauingen: Leonhart Reinmichel, 1582

Estimate: 1,000 – 1,500 GBP

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3262. Histoire naturelle et morale des iles Antilles de l'Amerique. Rotterdam: Arnout Leers, 1665

Estimate: 700 – 1,000 GBP

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3263. The History of Barbados, St. Christophers, Mevis, St. Vincents, Antego, Martinico, Moserrat, and the rest of the Caribby-Islands... Englished by J. Davies. London: for John Starkey and Thomas Dring junr., 1666

Estimate: 500 – 700 GBP

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3264. Viaggi dell... marchese Ghiron Francesco Villa in Dalmatia, e Levante. Turin: Giacomo Sinibaldo, 1668

Estimate: 800 – 1,000 GBP

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3265. The military antiquities of the Romans in Britain. London: W. Bulmer & Co., 1793

Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP

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3266. Les délices de la Suisse. Leiden: Pierre vander Aa, 1714

Estimate: 1,200 – 1,800 GBP

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3267. The natural history of Aleppo, and parts adjacent. London: A. Millar, 1856 [but 1756]

Estimate: 500 – 700 GBP

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3268. The History of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire... fifth edition, corrected and enlarged by the Author. London: Printed by T[homas] N[ewcomb] for John Starkey, 1682

Estimate: 250 – 350 GBP

BIDDING IS CLOSED