Cosmography in four books. Containing the chorography and history of the whole world: and all the principal kingdoms, provinces, seas, and the isles thereof. By Peter Heylyn. With an accurate and an approved index of all the kingdoms, provinces, countries, inhabitants, people, cities, mountains, rivers, seas, islands, forts, bays, capes, forests, &c. of any remarque in the whole world: much wanted and desired in the former, and now annexed to this last impression, revised and corrected by the author himself immediately before his death

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  • Cosmography in four books. Containing the chorography and history of the whole world: and all the principal kingdoms, provinces, seas, and the isles thereof. By Peter Heylyn. With an accurate and an approved index of all the kingdoms, provinces, countries, inhabitants, people, cities, mountains, rivers, seas, islands, forts, bays, capes, forests, &c. of any remarque in the whole world: much wanted and desired in the former, and now annexed to this last impression, revised and corrected by the author himself immediately before his death
  • Cosmographie in foure books contayning the chorographie & historie of the whole world ... the 6th. edition; Cosmography. The first book, ... of Italy, the Alpine provinces, France, Spain, and Britain; Cosmography, the second book, ... of Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Swethland, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Sclavonia, Dacia, and Greece; Cosmography, the third book, ... of the lesser and greater Asia; Cosmography, the fourth book. Part I. ... of Africa; Cosmography, the fourth book. Part II. ... of America; Appendix to the former work, ... of Terra Austalis Incognita, or the southern continent
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Imprint
London : printed for P. C[hetwin]. T. Passenger at the Three Bibles on London-bridge, B. Tooke at the ship in St. Paul's Church-yard, and T. Sawbridge at the Three Flower de Luces in Little-Britain, MDCLXXXII. [1682]
Added name
Fillian, John, -approximately 1680, engraver.; Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662. Mikrokosmos.
Publication year
1682
ESTC No.
R14988
Grub Street ID
62954
Description
[12], 303, [3], 225, [3], 170, 175-230, [2], 77, [3], 83-562 [ie. 162], [40] p., [5] leaves of plates : ill., maps. ; 2°.
Note
An expanded version of: Mikrokosmos

Title page in red and black

Printer's name from Wing CD

With initial imprimatur leaf

With additional title page (plate), engraved and signed: Cosmographie in foure books contayning the chorographie & historie of the whole world ... the 6th. edition ... Io: Fillian sculp:

"Cosmography. The first book, ... of Italy, the Alpine provinces, France, Spain, and Britain," has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed by T.H. for T. Passinger, B. Took, and T. Sawbridge", on leaf E1r

"Cosmography, the second book, ... of Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Swethland, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Sclavonia, Dacia, and Greece," has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed by John Richardson, in the year", on leaf A1r, (i.e. 2R1r) and separate pagination; registe is continuous

"Cosmography, the third book, ... of the lesser and greater Asia," has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed in the year", on leaf 3Y3r, and separate pagination; register is continuous

"Cosmography, the fourth book. Part I. ... of Africa:" has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed for Tho. Passinger, Benj. Tooke, Tho. Sawbridge", on leaf 5E1r, and separate pagination; register is continuous

"Cosmography, the fourth book. Part II. ... of America," and "An appendix to the former work, ... of Terra Austalis Incognita, or the southern continentDT" each have separate dated title page, with imprint "printed in the year", on leaves 5P1r and 6A2r, respectively. Paginatio and register are continuous from the 4th book

Includes indices.