(TRAVEL) Purchas Samuel Purchas His Pilgrimage or Relations

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(TRAVEL.) Purchas, Samuel. Purchas His Pilgrimage, or, Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and Places. [28], 918, [36] pages (erratically paginated). Folio, contemporary calf, worn, boards detached; minor dampstaining, final index leaf defective; 2 early bookplates on front pastedown. London: William Stansby for Henry Fetherstone, 1614

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Second edition, first issue of a pioneering work on world religions. It is divided into 9 books, with the first 5 on Asia, the next 2 on Africa, and the final 2 (pages 717-918) on America: New France, Virginia, Florida, Mexico, and South America. European Americana 614/94; Sabin 66679.