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 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 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 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 this last impression, revised and corrected by the author himself immediately before his death
  • Cosmographie in four books
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Imprint
London : printed for Philip Chetwind, and Anne Seile, MDCLXXIV. [1674]
Added name
Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662. Mikrokosmos.
Publication year
1674
ESTC No.
R9668
Grub Street ID
129729
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 contayning the chorographie & historie of the whole world and all the principall kingdomes provinces seas and isles thereof by Peter Heylyn The 5th edition, corrected & inlarged by the author. London printed for Anne Seile ouer against St Dunstans Church in Fleetstreete 1669

With an initial imprimatur leaf: January 1. 1664. Will. Morice. Whitehall, Jan. 26. 1664. Let this book be printed. Hen. Bennet

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

Includes index

A variant of the edition with letter-press imprint "printed for Anne Seile, and Philip Chetwind" and engraved imprint "printed for Philip Chetwind" (Wing H1694).