(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 Al [sic] Ages and Places. [40], 1102, [40] pages. Folio, later 1/2 calf, minor wear, rebacked with portion of backstrip laid down and new spine label; minor worming to early leaves, moderate dampstaining, minor repairs to a few leaves; early bookseller's inscription on flyleaf, 3 other signatures on title page. London: William Stansby for Henry Fetherstone, 1617

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Third edition 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 893-1102) on America: New France, Virginia, Florida, Mexico, and South America. In addition to the protections offered in Swann's conditions of sale, this volume is inscribed with an early bookseller's 17th-century assurances: "Bought at the signe of ye Angell in Paules Church-Yard and hee warranteth this booke to be perfectle whole as it ought to bee, and if at any times it shall be fownd otherwise hee is to make it good." European Americana 617/120; Sabin 66681.