Cosmography

Cosmography

Cosmography : in four books. Containing the chorography and history of the whole world: and all the principal kingdoms, provinces, seas, and the isles thereof.

Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662

London, : Printed for P. Chetwin. T. Passenger at the Three Bibles on London-bridge, B. Tooke at the ship in St. Paul's Church-yard, and T. Sawbridge at the Three Flower de Luces in Little-Britain

MDCLXXXII. 1682

[12], 303, [3], 225, [3], 170, 175-230, [2], 77, [3], 83-562 [i.e. 162], [40] pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 36 cm (fol.)

An expanded version of: Mikrokosmos.
With initial imprimatur leaf. "Imprimatur, January 1, 1664. Will. Morice."--Page 2 , 1st count
With added allegorical engraved title page: Cosmographie in foure books contayning the chorographie & historie of the whole world ... The 6th edition corrected & inlarged by the author. With imprint "printed for T. Passenger B. Tooke & T. Sawbridge 1682." Io: Filliam Sculp.
Printer identified in ESTC.
Title page in red and black.
First part: "Cosmography. The first book ... of Italy, the Alpine provinces, France, Spain, and Britain," has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed by T.H. for T. Passinger [sic], B. Took, and T. Sawbridge, MDCLXXXII", on leaf E1r.
Second part: "Cosmography, the second book ... of Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Swethland, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Sclavonia, Dacia, and Greece," has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed by John Richardson, in the year MDCLXXXII", on leaf A1r, (i.e. 2R1r) and separate pagination; register is continuous.
Third part: "Cosmography, the third book ... of the lesser and greater Asia," has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed in the year MDCLXXXII", on leaf 3Y3r, and separate pagination; register is continuous.
First section of fourth part: "Cosmography, the fourth book. Part I. ... of Africa:" has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed for Tho. Passinger, Benj. Tooke, Tho. Sawbridge, 1682", on leaf 5E1r, and separate pagination; register is continuous.
Second section of fourth part: "Cosmography, the fourth book. Part II. ... of America," and "An appendix to the former work ... of Terra Austalis Incognita, or the southern continent" each have separate dated title page, with imprint "printed in the year. MDCLXXXII" on leaves 5P1r and 6A2r, respectively. Pagination and register are continuous from the 4th book.
Four folding engraved maps depicting Europe (bound between leave E1 and E2), Asia (bound between 3Y3 and 3Y4), Africa (between 5E1 and 5E2) and America (between 5P1 and 5P2). Map of Europe, Asia and Africa all dated 1666; Map of Africa signed: Will. Trevethen Sculp. Map of America is dated 1663 and signed Rob. Vaughan sculp.
Signatures: pi² A-6E⁴ 6F⁶ (6F6 blank, 2R2 missigned A2).
Head- and tail-pieces; initials; printed marginalia; text printed in two columns.
Includes index: "A table of some principal things herein contained, not properly reducible to the following index."-6B2 recto to 6C2 recto
"An alphabetical and exact table"-[29] p. at end

Bookplate: Ex Libris Daniel Robert Woolf, FRSC.
Inscription on front pastedown: Gibbard Sharnbrook;
Armorial bookplate on back pastedown: John Gibbard Esq., Sharnbrook House Bedfordshire;
The frontispiece has been repaired and the spine has been rebacked.

Gift of Daniel Woolf 2018;
Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662 author
Fillian, John, -approximately 1680, engraver.
Chetwind, Philip, bookseller.
Passinger, Thomas, -1688, bookseller.
Tooke, Benjamin, -1716, bookseller.
Sawbridge, Thomas, bookseller.
Richardson, John, active 1675-1703, printer.
Trevethen, William, map engraver.
Vaughan, Robert, active 17th century, map engraver.

English

Dated 1682 .H49;
English short title catalogue, R14988
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), H1696
Head- and tail-pieces; initials; printed marginalia; text printed in two columns.