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voyages and travels11
discoveries in geography2
africa1
asia1
india1
iran1
mines and mineral resources1
sami (european people)1
tyrone's rebellion, 1599-16031

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Iran6
Turkey5
Middle East4
Europe3
India3
Italy2
Tangier (Morocco)2
Africa1
America1
Asia1

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Purchas, Samuel (1577?-1626)4
Barker, Robert2
Barker, Robert (1645)2
Bishop, George2
Bishop, George (1562-1611)2
Chardin, Sir John (1643-1713)2
Hakluyt, Richard (1552?-1616)2
Herbert, Sir Thomas (1606-1682)2
Knolles, Richard (1550?-1610)2
Molyneux, Emery2

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The travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East Indies : The first volume, containing the author's voyage from Paris to Ispahan : To which is added, The coronation of this present king of Persia, Solyman the Third

Chardin, Sir John (1643-1713)

1686

No more published. First issue of the first English edition, with 'Directions for the book-binder for placing the cuts' in later, corrected state. A French edition was published simultaneously, but ...

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Purchas his pilgrimes. In five bookes... [etc] (v.1)

Purchas, Samuel (1577?-1626)

1625

Vols.1-2, 3-4, paged continuously except Book 1 of vol.1 which is paged separately. Many errors in pagination. (See Lowndes: 'Bibliographer's manual of English literature,' vol.4 for full collation). ...

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Purchas his pilgrimes. In five bookes... [etc] (v.2)

Purchas, Samuel (1577?-1626)

1625

Vols.1-2, 3-4, paged continuously except Book 1 of vol.1 which is paged separately. Many errors in pagination. (See Lowndes: 'Bibliographer's manual of English literature,' vol.4 for full collation). ...

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Purchas his pilgrimes. In five bookes... [etc] (v.3)

Purchas, Samuel (1577?-1626)

1625

Vols.1-2, 3-4, paged continuously except Book 1 of vol.1 which is paged separately. Many errors in pagination. (See Lowndes: 'Bibliographer's manual of English literature,' vol.4 for full collation). ...

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Purchas his pilgrimes. In five bookes... [etc] (v.4)

Purchas, Samuel (1577?-1626)

1625

Vols.1-2, 3-4, paged continuously except Book 1 of vol.1 which is paged separately. Many errors in pagination. (See Lowndes: 'Bibliographer's manual of English literature,' vol.4 for full collation). ...

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Of the state of Europe. XIIII. bookes : Containing the historie, and relation of the many provinces hereof. Continued out of approved authours

Richardson, Gabriel (1642)

An. Dom. 1627

Last leaf of Book XI (d2) and of Book XIV (Y4) blank. The separate paginations of each book have the following misnumberings: Book I, p.16 misnumbered 19; Book III, p.36 misnumbered 37; Book VI, pag...

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The history of the Turkish Empire from the year 1623 to the year 1677 : containing the reigns of the three last emperours, viz Sultan Morat or Amurat IV, Sultan Ibrahim, and Sultan Mahomet IV his son, the XIII. emperour now reigning

Rycaut, Sir Paul (1628-1700); Knolles, Richard (1550?-1610)

1680

A continuation of Richard Knolles' The generall historie of the Turkes. "The memoirs of Paul Ricaut, Esq., containing the history of the Turks, from the year 1660 to the year 1678, with the most rem...

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The history of Lapland : wherein are shewed the original, manners, habits, marriages, conjurations, &c. of that people

Scheffer, Johannes (1621-1679); Cremer, Acton

1674

Title vignette. Madan claims every leaf bears a signature, but F2, L12 and preliminaries are unsigned. The imprint does not mention the vendors, as some copies do (cf. Madan). With engraved addi...

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Italy, in its original glory, ruine and revival, being an exact survey of the whole geography, and history of that famous country; with the adjacent islands of Sicily, Malta, &c. : And whatever is remarkable in Rome (the mistress of the world) and all those towns and territories, mentioned in antient and modern authors

Schottus, Franciscus (1548-1622); Warcupp, Edmund

1660

Nnn 2 is signed Nn2 in error. Some errors in pagination. Translation by Warcupp of Franciscus Schottus's "Itinerarii Italiae rerumque Romarum libri tres" (OCLC, Wing(2)). Illustrations: added en...

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