PURCHAS SAMUEL Engraved title page from Hakluytus Posthumus

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PURCHAS, SAMUEL. Engraved title-page from Hakluytus Posthumus or Purchas His Pilgrimes, featuring a portrait of Purchas between two hemispheres of a world map, 300x190 mm, ample margins on 3 sides, trimmed just beyond the platemark at gutter; small closed tear in upper margin. London, 1625

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Title-page from Volume 1 of a 5 volume work comprising a gathering of exploration narratives. Shirley 311 notes an imprint date of 1624. This example has an imprint dated 1625 and it is quite obvious that the plate was altered to accomodate the new date.