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
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Imprint
London : printed for Anne Seile, and Philip Chetwind, MDCLXXIV. [1674]
Added name
Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662. Mikrokosmos.
Publication year
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 ; 2°.
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)

"Of Poland" (caption title) begins new pagination with p. 139; register is continuous

Books 3-4 each begin new pagination and register. Text continuous despite pagination

Includes index

A variant of the edition with letter-press imprint "printed for Philip Chetwind, and Anne Seile" and engraved imprint "printed for Anne Seile" (Wing H1694A)

Signatures: [pi]]2 A-Kkk]4 ]2S-Dd]4 ]2Ee]6 ]3A-Ee]4 ]3Ff]2 ]4A-T]4 ]4U-Y]6 ]4Z]8 (]4U6 blank; ]3Ee2, ]4A2 mis-signed "E2", "Aa" respectively)

Signatures from MNS.