Cosmographie, in four books. Containing the chorographie & historie 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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  • Cosmographie, in four books. Containing the chorographie & historie 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
  • Cosmography
  • Cosmography in four books; Cosmographie, in foure bookes
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Imprint
London : printed for Anne Seile, and are to be sold at her shop over against St. Dunstans Church in Fleet-street, M.DC.LX.VI. [1666]
Added name
Vaughan, Robert, engraver.; Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662. Mikrokosmos.
Publication year
1665
ESTC No.
R177976
Grub Street ID
69891
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

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 and register continuous despite pagination

With an engraved titlepage signed: Rob: Vaughan sculp

With an initial imprimatur leaf

Includes index.
Uncontrolled note
BLC dates item "1666,5"