T r a v e l & E x p l o r a t i o n 100 One Of Only 75 Large-Paper Copies, The 1809 Best Edition Of Hakluyt’s Monumental Five-Volume Folio Collection Of The Early Voyages—A Splendid Set 129. HAKLUYT, Richard. Hakluyt’s Collection of the Early Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries of the English Nation. London, 1809-12. Five volumes. Thick folio, contemporary three-quarter brown calf rebacked. $15,000. One of only 75 large-paper copies on Imperial paper (out of a total edition of only 325) of “this enormous work—the most complete collection of voyages and discoveries, by land as well as by sea, and of the nautical achievements of the Elizabethans” (PMM). “The best and most complete edition… very scarce” (Hill). Building on a life-long interest, beginning with his Divers Voyages Touching the Discovery of America (1582), Richard Hakluyt was “incited” into documenting the accomplishments of English explorers “by hearing and reading ‘other nationsmiraculously extolled for their discoveries andnotable enterprises by sea’” (DNB). This superb edition is an accurate republication of the first 1598 folio edition, with the addition of some voyages that were published in the first edition but omitted in the second. The fourth and fifth volumes contain supplementary voyages and travels which were originally printed and sold separately. Four-page dealer catalogue misbound in Volume IV before last leaf of text; book complete. PMM 105. Hill 744. Howes H26. Sabin 29599. Fine condition.
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