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HAKLUYT, RICHARD. The Principall Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. 3 vols. in 2. 1599-1600
HAKLUYT, RICHARD. The Principall Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. [24], 606 (of 619); [16], 312, 204; [16], 868 pages; without the map, often lacking, and 3E4-3F6 (Voyage to Cadiz and final blank) in Volume 1. Printed chiefly in black letter. 3 volumes in 2. Folio, Volume 1/2 288x188 mm, Volume 3 275x185 mm, modern uniform brown calf with red and green morocco lettering pieces; Volume 1 title trimmed and inlaid to size, small hole in F1 and I3 in Volume 2 affecting a few letters, scattered stains and minor worming toward end not impairing legibility, marginal dampstaining in Volume 3. London: George Bishop et al., 1599-99-1600
- Notes: Second edition, considerably enlarged, of Hakluyt''s 1589 magnum opus, "the most complete collection of voyages and discoveries . . . and of the nautical achievements of the Elizabethans" (Hill). Second issue of Volume 1, with title dated 1599, and without the 7 leaves on the 1596 conquest of Cadiz under the Earl of Essex, which were suppressed by order of Queen Elizabeth. Church 322; Hill 743; STC 12626.
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