HAKLUYT, RICHARD The principal navigations, voiages, traffiques and discoueries of the English nation, made by sea or ouer-land... . London: George Bishop, Ralph Newberie, and Robert Barker 1598. Volume I only. Second edition, first issue. Period calf, the covers ruled in blind and panelled in gilt with a central device stamped in gilt, the spine in compartments with four raised bands and gilt stamped decoration. 11 5/8 x 7 1/2 inches (30 x 19 cm); [24], 619, [1] pp., with the first issue title page mentioning the conquest of Cadiz and this section present in the first state per ESTC (the pages numbered 607-619 and the chain lines spaced 20-25 mm apart), without the map. Explorers Club bookplate to pastedown, ink numerals to first leaf and old library duplicate stamp at header, old dampstain at gutter margin just touching text of title and affecting a few final leaves, generally clean but with some spots or small stains, the upper cover detached and without front endpaper, other light wear to binding. This is the first issue of volume I of the second edition of Hakluyt in a contemporary binding. The 1598 title page mentions the "famous victorie atchieued at the citie of Cadiz" and that section is present in the original printing: in 1599 Queen Elizabeth ordered this section suppressed and in the next issue the title page omits this mention and the text is often lacking or supplied in a reprint. ESTC S106744; STC 12626; Sabin 29595; Printing and the Mind of Man, 105. C The Explorers Club Collection
HAKLUYT, RICHARD The principal navigations, voiages, traffiques and discoueries of the English nation, made by sea or ouer-land... . London: George Bishop, Ralph Newberie, and Robert Barker 1598. Volume I only. Second edition, first issue. Period calf, the covers ruled in blind and panelled in gilt with a central device stamped in gilt, the spine in compartments with four raised bands and gilt stamped decoration. 11 5/8 x 7 1/2 inches (30 x 19 cm); [24], 619, [1] pp., with the first issue title page mentioning the conquest of Cadiz and this section present in the first state per ESTC (the pages numbered 607-619 and the chain lines spaced 20-25 mm apart), without the map. Explorers Club bookplate to pastedown, ink numerals to first leaf and old library duplicate stamp at header, old dampstain at gutter margin just touching text of title and affecting a few final leaves, generally clean but with some spots or small stains, the upper cover detached and without front endpaper, other light wear to binding. This is the first issue of volume I of the second edition of Hakluyt in a contemporary binding. The 1598 title page mentions the "famous victorie atchieued at the citie of Cadiz" and that section is present in the original printing: in 1599 Queen Elizabeth ordered this section suppressed and in the next issue the title page omits this mention and the text is often lacking or supplied in a reprint. ESTC S106744; STC 12626; Sabin 29595; Printing and the Mind of Man, 105. C The Explorers Club Collection
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