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HEYLYN, PETER. Cosmography in Four Books. Containing the Chorography and History of the Whole World. 4 double-page engraved maps of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. [14], 443, 139-226, [2], 86, 91-230, [2], 77, [1], [2], 83-162, [41] pages, including initial imprimatur leaf and engraved additional title dated 1669. Folio, 351x224 mm, contemporary sheep, quite worn, rebacked, endpapers renewed; intermittent heavy browning of text, scattered rust spots, some dark stains in blank outer margins toward end, maps trimmed to plate mark on sides and at bottom, Asia map also cropped at top, with narrow strip torn from left edge and restored in pen-and-ink facsimile. Late 17th-/early 18th-century signature of John Cock; 18th-century bookplate of St. Oswald's Church, Durham (Cock bequest). London: Philip Chetwind and Anne Seile, 1674
