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HAKLUYT, RICHARD. The Principall Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Volumes 1 and 2 (of 3) in one. [22] (of [24]), 606 (of 619); [16], 202 (of 204) pages; Volume 1 lacks *1 (title) and 3E4-3F6 (Voyage to Cadiz and final blank), Volume 2 lacks 3R6 (final text leaf). Black letter. Folio, 295x194 mm, modern leather-backed cloth with contemporary calf covers laid down; some woodcut initials and decorations hand-colored, occasional soiling and stains, repaired marginal tears in 2*6 and 3G1 affecting a few letters, otherwise generally clean internally; bookplate and bookseller's catalogue cutting on front pastedown. London: George Bishop, 1599
Second edition, considerably enlarged, of Hakluyt's 1589 magnum opus, "the most complete collection of voyages and discoveries . . . and of the nautical achievements of the Elizabethans"--Hill 743. Church 322; STC 12626.
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