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• The History of Trauayle in the Vvest and East Indies: And Other Countreys Lying Eyther Way Towardes the Fruitfull and Ryche Moluccaes. as Moscouia, Persia, Arabia, Syria, Aegypte, Ethiopia, Guinea, China in Cathayo, and Giapan: Vvith a Discourse of the Northwest Passage. in the Hande of Our Lorde Be All the Corners of the Earth. Psal. 94.
  Signatures: 4to: (.)⁴ [fleuron]⁶ A-B⁴ C-3O⁸ [$4 (-[fleuron]4, B4, 2T4) signed (missigning [fleuron]3 as [caput]3, 2G1 as G1, 2O4 as O4, 2X2 as 2Y2, 3O2 as O2)]; 482 leaves: [10] 1-466 [6] (misprinting 24 as 42, 27 as 29, 29 as 27, 90 as 84, 96 as 86, 99 as 96, 127 as 128, 131 as 139, 132 as 133, 133 as 141, 155-156 as 148-149, 218 as 128, 234 as 233, 235 as 237, 251 as 253, 261 as 254, 262 as 254, 271 as 274, 272 as 274, 320 as 400, 398 as 397, 399 as 398, 400 as 399, 401 as 408, 402 as 409, 403 as 402, 404 as 403, 405 as 404, 406 as 405, 407 as 414, 408 as 415, 409 as 409, 410 as 410, 411 as 410, 412 as 411, 413 as 412, 432 as 431, 463 as 436)., Printed in black letter; initials; marginal references., Originally published in 1555., Errata: leaves [1-3] at the end., Includes the 1st three Decades of P. Martyr d'Anghiera, Pope Alexander VI's Demarcation Bull of 1493, Oviedo's History of the West Indies, Pigaffetta's circumnavigation account, 'The stryfe betwene the Spanyards and Portugales' from Gomara, an abridgement of Anghiera's 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th decades, etc., Eden's "Decades of the newe worlde", 1555, rearranged, some parts omitted, and a number of translations added., Woodcut of polar stars verso of leaf 436.
• Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, the Inhabitants Thereof, Their Languages, Names, Surnames, Empreses, Wise Speeches, Poësies, and Epitaphes
  Dedication signed: M.N., i.e. William Camden., Printer's name from STC., The first leaf is blank., "Poems" has separate pagination and register., Subsequent editions published as: Remaines concerning Britaine., Reproduction of the original in Yale University. Library., Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1961. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
• Voyage de Siam, des peres jesuites, envoyez par le roy aux Indes & à la Chine : avec leurs observations astronomiques, et leurs remarques de physique, de géographie, d'hydrographie, & d'histoire
  Dedication signed: Guy Tachard., Signatures: ã⁴ ẽ⁴ A-3H⁴., Engraved title vignette, head- and tailpieces; illustrations are signed by Pierre Paul Sevin (artist) and Cornelis Vermeulen (engraver)., Includes index.
• Nouveaux memoires sur l'état présent de la Chine
  Head-piece; printer's device on t.p.
• Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Jesu China monumentis: qvà sacris quà profanis, nec non variis naturae & artis spectaculis, aliarumque rerum memorabilium argumentis illustrata, auspiciis Leopoldi Primi Roman. Imper. semper Augusti munificentissimi mecaenatis.
  Added engraved title page bears title: Athanasii Kircheri Soc. Iesv China illvst[rata]., Added engraved title page has imprint: "Amstelodami. Apud Johannem Janszonium à Waesberge et Elizei Weyerstraet 1667.", Signatures: *-2*⁴ A-2H⁴., Main body of text printed in double columns., Initials, tailpieces, marginal notes., Includes indexes., "Elenchus librorum a P. Athanasio Kirchero ... editorum": 2 p. at end.
• The Present Condition of the Muscovite Empire Till the Year 1699: In Two Letters: The First from a Gentleman, Who Was Conversant with the Muscovite Ambassador in Holland: The Second from a Person of Quality at Vienna, Concerning the Latemuscovite Embassy, His Present Czarish Majesty; the Russian Empire; and the Great-Tartary: With the Life of the Present Emperour of China
• A short relation of the river Nile: of its sourse and current : of its overflowing the campagnia of Ægypt, till it runs into the Mediterranean : and of other curiosities
  Translated from Lobo's Itinerário by Sir Peter Wyche. Order-to-print on verso of leaf pi1: Novemb. 1668. At a meeting of the Council of the Royal Society of London for improving natural knowledg. Ordered ... Brounker Pres. Signatures: [pi]² a⁸ (a3 and a4 signed A3 and A4 respectively) B-G⁸ (G3 missigned D3) Headpieces. Last leaf blank. Includes bibliographical references in margins.
• Epistolae Ho-Elianae: Familiar Letters, Domestic and Forren: Divided into Sundry Sections, Partly Historicall, Politicall, Philosophicall
• Epistolae Ho-Elianae: familiar letters domestic and forren : divided into sundry sections, partly historicall, politicall, philosophicall, upon emergent occasions
• The Laws of Jamaica: Passed by the Assembly, and Confirmed by His Majesty in Council, Feb. 23. 1683. to Which Is Added, a Short Account of the Island and Government Thereof. with an Exact Map of the Island
• The Relation of a Voyage Made into Mauritania in Africk by the Sieur Roland Frejus of Marseilles, by the French King's Order, in the Year 1666, to Muley Arxid, King of Tafiletta, &c. for the Establishment of a Commerce in All the Kingdom of Fez, and All His Other Conquests: With a Letter, in Answer to Divers Curious Questions Concerning the Religion, Manners and Customs of His Countreys, Also Their Trading to Tombutum for Gold, and Divers Other Remarkable Particulars, by Mons. a. Charant Who Lived 25 Years in the Kingdom of Sus and Morocco
• Angliae Notitia, or, the Present State of England: With Divers Remarks Upon the Ancient State Thereof
• Angliae notitia sive Praesens status Angliae succinctè enucleatus
  Signatures: [pi]⁴ [star]² A-T⁶ V⁶(-V6 missing?) Errors in signing: leaves F2, R1, R3 missigned as F3, Q[1], Q3, respectively. Abridged translation of: Angliae notitia, or The present state of England / Edward Chamberlayne. London, [1669-1671]. "Errata": p. [1] at end. Title vignette; initial. Includes bibliographical references.
• Angliae Notitia, or, the Present State of England: Together with Divers Reflections Upon the Antient State Thereof
• Remains Concerning Britain: Their Languages, Names, Surnames, Allusions, Anagramms, Armories, Moneys, Impresses, Apparel, Artillerie, Wise Speeches, Proverbs, Poesies, Epitaphs
• Remaines Concerning Brittaine: But Especially England, and the Inhabitants Thereof: Their Languages, Names, Syrnames, Allusions, Anagrammes, Armories, Moneys, Empresses, Apparell, Artillerie, Wise Speeches, Prouerbes, Poesies, Epitaphs
  Signatures: A-X⁸. The words "languages, ... moneys" and "empresses, ... epitaphs" are bracketed together on title page., P. 287, 315 misnumbered 987, 215, respectively. Originally published in 1605 as "Remaines of a greater work concerning Britaine". Dedication signed M.N., i.e. William Camden. Printer's name from STC.