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London, printed by I[ohn] N[orton] for Hugh Perry, 1631.. TITLE CONTINUED: VVith a particular description of all those kingdomes, cities, and people: as also, a relation of their commodities and manner of traffique, and at what seasons of the yeere they are most in use. Faythfully related: with a discovery of a great emperour called the Great Mogoll, a prince not till now knowne to our English nation. THIRD EDITION 1631. Small slim 4to, approximately 180 x 140 mm, 7 x 5½ inches, printed in black letter, pages: title page, 1-68, plus colophon leaf, lacks the original initial and final blank leaves also 2 preliminary leaves which should follow the title page, Epistle Dedicatorie and To the Reader, the main text is complete. The title page appears to be a cancel or an early re-set printed replacement, the mistake "Traffiqne" which appears on the title page of all the 1631 editions located, has been corrected to "Traffique", also other small corrections, eg: spacing is different on 2nd line, no hyphen… Read More

London: Printed by I[ohn] N[orton] for Hugh Perry, 1631. Small 4to. (7 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches). [vi], 68, [1] pp. Printer's colophon leaf in rear. (Title and A4 on stub guards). Full red morocco by Zaehnsdorf, covers bordered with a gilt triple fillet, spine in six compartments with raised bands, ruled in gilt on either side of each band, lettered in the second compartment, the others with repeat decoration in gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges Provenance: early ink and pencil marginalia throughout A very rare early account of an overland journey through India and the Middle East. The author and his men left Plymouth in March 1607 aboard the Ascension and were among the first Englishmen to see the Cape of Good Hope, arriving there in July 1608. Coverte eventually reached Gujarat, where the ship ran aground while approaching Surat. Not granted permission to remain in Surat, the crew departed to various destinations. Coverte and others set out overland for the Moghul Court at Agra via Burhanpur… Read More