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HAKLUYT, Richard (1552?-1616). The Principal Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, Made by Sea or Over-land, to the Remote and Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth. London: George Bishop, Ralph Newberie and Robert Barker, 1598-1600.
The first issue of the important second edition, the most complete record of Elizabethan voyages and discovery, with the later-suppressed "Voyage to Cadiz" report present and named on the title-page. Hakluyt's account of the English victory at Cadiz in 1596 was suppressed after that victory's hero, the Earl of Essex, fell into disgrace with Queen Elizabeth. Most copies of the second edition (even with the Cadiz report) are found with the later title-page, dated 1599. The Cadiz report itself is in Church's first issue. This second edition is greatly expanded over the first edition of 1589, with the entire third volume dedicated to America. "Though Hakluyt himself never traveled further than France, he inspired some of the great overseas explorations of his time and was one of the leading spirits in the Elizabethan maritime expansion ... He pleaded for a voyage to find the Northwest Passage, which he firmly believed to exist" (Hill). Church 322; Hill 743; Pforzheimer 443; PMM 105, Sabin 29595, 29597, 29598.
Three volumes, folio (280 x 182mm). Woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials (occasional light spotting or dust-soiling, minor staining to titles). This set is without the world map, as usual; according to Pforzheimer it was not issued with all copies. Modern paneled calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels, slipcase. Provenance: T. Molyneux (early ownership signature to vols. 1 & 3 [this set was bound earlier in 2 vols.]) – C. Killigrew (early ownership signature to vols. 1 & 3) – Peter Harrington, Rare Books.
The first issue of the important second edition, the most complete record of Elizabethan voyages and discovery, with the later-suppressed "Voyage to Cadiz" report present and named on the title-page. Hakluyt's account of the English victory at Cadiz in 1596 was suppressed after that victory's hero, the Earl of Essex, fell into disgrace with Queen Elizabeth. Most copies of the second edition (even with the Cadiz report) are found with the later title-page, dated 1599. The Cadiz report itself is in Church's first issue. This second edition is greatly expanded over the first edition of 1589, with the entire third volume dedicated to America. "Though Hakluyt himself never traveled further than France, he inspired some of the great overseas explorations of his time and was one of the leading spirits in the Elizabethan maritime expansion ... He pleaded for a voyage to find the Northwest Passage, which he firmly believed to exist" (Hill). Church 322; Hill 743; Pforzheimer 443; PMM 105, Sabin 29595, 29597, 29598.
Three volumes, folio (280 x 182mm). Woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials (occasional light spotting or dust-soiling, minor staining to titles). This set is without the world map, as usual; according to Pforzheimer it was not issued with all copies. Modern paneled calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels, slipcase. Provenance: T. Molyneux (early ownership signature to vols. 1 & 3 [this set was bound earlier in 2 vols.]) – C. Killigrew (early ownership signature to vols. 1 & 3) – Peter Harrington, Rare Books.