Various illustrations by Maria Sibylla Merian and others[?] employing alchemical symbols and icons.
Description:
Added t.p.; title within engraved border., Folded plate: Figura I measures 34 x 33 cm., Folded plate: Figura II measures 39 x 31 cm., Folded plate: Figura III measures 35 x 35 cm., Folded plate: Figura IV measures 35 x 39 cm., and Many of the tracts have special t.ps. dated 1677.
[Hakluytus posthumus] , Hakluytus posthumus or Purchas his pilgrimes., Map of China., New France., and Purchas his pilgrimes in five bookes.
Description:
Accompanied by ALS ([4] p.) to Charles Deane, Cambridge, from Henry Stevens, dated London, Jan. 23, 1875. Uncancelled states of v. 1 G3 and 4M4,5. Vol. 1: [1] Description of East India (27.1 x 35.3 cm, on sheet 33.7 x 38.5 cm) bound in following p. 578; vol. 3: [1] The map of China (27.5 x 34.3 cm, on sheet 33.8 x 37.2 cm) bound in following p. 400; [2] The north part of America (27.4 x 33.3 cm, on sheet 34 x 37.5 cm) bound in following p. 852; vol. 4: [1] Virginia (31.5 x 39.6 cm, on sheet 33.9 x 40 cm, folded to 33.7 x 18.5 cm) bound in following p. 1690; [2] New France (24.9 x 32.7 cm, on sheet 34 x 37.7 cm) bound in following p. 1872.
Publisher:
Printed by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard at the signe of the Rose,
Subject (Geographic):
America--Discovery and exploration--Early works to 1800
Subject (Topic):
Geography--Early works to 1800, Religions--Early works to 1800, and Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800
Engraved title page: Dialogvs de systemate mvndi autore Galilæ Galilei, lyncæ, serenissimo Ferdinando II, Hetrvr. magno duci dicatus. Aug. Treboc., impensis Bonav. et Abr. Elzevir, Leydens, 1635.