Cosmography in four books. Containing the chorography and history of the whole world, and all the principal kingdoms, provinces, seas, and isles thereof. By Peter Heylyn. With an accurate and improved 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 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 isles thereof. By Peter Heylyn. With an accurate and improved 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 this last impression, revised and corrected by the author himself immediately before his death.
• Cosmographie in foure books

People / Organizations

• Peter Heylyn (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for Anne Seile, and Philip Chetwind, MDCLXXIV. [1674]

Publication year

1674-1674

ESTC No.

R225656

Grub Street ID

98798

Description

[12], 443, 139-226, 86, 91-230, [2], 77, [3], 83-162, [42] p., [5] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 2⁰

Note

An expanded version of: Mikrokosmos.

With an additional title page (plate), engraved: Cosmographie in foure books ... The 6th edition corrected & inlarged by the author. London printed for Philip Chetwind ... 1670.

With an initial imprimatur leaf.

Books 1-3, the two parts of book 4, and the appendix have each a separate title pages, with imprints "printed by J. Macock, for Philip Chetwind and Anne Seile, MDCLXXIII." (books 1-2), "printed in the year M.DC.LXXIII." (book 3), "printed for Anne Seil, MDCLXXIII." (book 4, pt. 1), "printed in the year MDCLXXIII." (book 4, pt. 2, appendix).