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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Denis Joachim Collection
• Sale Date:
  19 Jun 2016 ~ 2pm - Session 1: Lots 1 - 321
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 10am - Session 2: Lots 322 - 480
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 2pm - Session 3: Lot 481 - 688
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 6pm - Session 4: Lots 689 - 818
• Lot #:
  77
• Lot Description:
  Purchas, Samuel. Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas his Pilgrimes. Contayning a history of the world…
  in sea voyages & lande-trauells, by Englishmen & others. Wherein Gods wonders in nature & providence, the actes, arts, varieties & vanities of men, with a world of the worlds rarities, are by a world of eywitnesse-authors, related to the world... In Five Books [engraved title]. Five volumes, folio, with additional engraved title, folding maps (that of Virginia browned, laid down, and close trimmed), and with smaller engraved maps, and engraved and woodcut illustrations in the text, a few minor natural flaws and other blemishes (small stains, marginal worming, short tears in some folded maps), an excellent set in early nineteenth century calf, one joint cracking, from the collection of Sir Thomas Ramsay with his neat blindstamp. London, Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone..., 1625-6.
• Notes:
  First edition: a handsome set of the massive sequel to Hakluyt and, as Sabin remarks, “one of the fullest and most important collections of voyages and travels in the English language”, collecting over 1200 separate narratives of explorations in every part of the world. Many of the accounts relate to the New World, especially Virginia, and one of the engraved maps is Smith’s famous “Map of Virginia”. The first two volumes principally relate to travels in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia; the third volume mainly concerns northern explorations and America; and the fourth volume is almost entirely devoted to America. The fifth volume, Purchas His Pilgrimage, is a supplement or addenda to all of the preceding parts. “At the death of Hakluyt there was left a large collection of voyages in manuscript which came into the hands of Purchas, who added to them many more voyages and travels, of Dutch, Spanish, and Portuguese explorers as well as of English travellers. Purchas followed the general plan of Hakluyt, but he frequently put the accounts into his own words... The main divisions of the work fall into two parts: the first covering the world known to Ptolemy, the second coming down to Purchas’s own day. This fine collection includes the accounts of Cortes and Pizarro, Drake, Cavendish, John and Richard Hawkins, Quiros, Magellan, van Noort, Spilbergen, and Barents as well as the categories of Portuguese voyages to the East Indies, Jesuit voyages to China and Japan, East India Company voyages, and the expeditions of the Muscovy Company...” (Hill). Hill 2, 1403; Sabin, 66682-6; STC, 20509.
• Estimate:
  A$60,000 - 100,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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