HEYLYN, Peter. Cosmographie in foure Books Contayning the Chorographie & Historie of the whole World, and all the Principall Kingdomes, Provinces, Seas, and Isles, Thereof. London: Henry Siele, 1652. 2o. Engraved title, letterpress table of climates and division titles, and four engraved double-page maps. (Some dampstaining on the lower margin throughout, some worming affecting the text block in the last several gatherings.) Contemporary calf (front cover detached, worn). Provenance: Lord John, Bishop of Rochester (lengthy presentation inscription by the author [or an amanuensis?] on the verso of the fly leaf: "To the right Rnd Father in God, and his very good Lord, John Ld Bishop of Rochester, these foure Bookes of Cosmographie are presented as a Testimonie of those greater Services, due to his Ldp from ye Author. His Lps most affectionately devoted servant Pet. Heylyn Mar. 22, 1652."; flyleaf loose); contemporary marginalia (numerous additions and corrections in the index and on a few text leaves, some underlinings); Lionel H. Pries (bookplate).FIRST EDITION, A RARE PRESENTATION COPY TO THE BISHOP OF ROCHESTER. Heylyn lived a rather varied existence for an ecclesiastical writer who began his career as a fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. His first prose work was the Geography of 1621, a precursor to the ideas expressed here in his Cosmographie. He rose to some prominence as royal chaplain in 1630, but a series of pronouncements against ecclesiastical enemies and in favour of the divine right of kings would ultimately lead to social and financial difficulty. Charles I was forced to summon parliament as a result of the Bishops' War in Scotland after having governed 11 years without it. This war precipitated the civil wars, increased the power of Heylyn's political enemies and cost him the favour he had previously enjoyed. His financial and social destitution forced his wife into exile, while he, disguised, wandered from house to house seeking shelter. By the time the wars had effectively ended in 1651, Heylyn returned to a semblance of his previous life, writing books and continuing in earnest to attack the work of his contemporaries. By this time his eyesight had almost completely failed, making reading and writing nearly impossible. It is therefore possible that the inscription to Lord Rochester is the work of an amanuensis, although the lack of established biographical evidence relating to Heylyn's blindness allows for the possibility that the inscription is in his hand. ABPC records no presentation copies or autograph material from Heylyn in the last 50 years. Sabin 31655; Wing H1689.

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HEYLYN, Peter. Cosmographie in foure Books Contayning the Chorographie & Historie of the whole World, and all the Principall Kingdomes, Provinces, Seas, and Isles, Thereof. London: Henry Siele, 1652. 2o. Engraved title, letterpress table of climates and division titles, and four engraved double-page maps. (Some dampstaining on the lower margin throughout, some worming affecting the text block in the last several gatherings.) Contemporary calf (front cover detached, worn). Provenance: Lord John, Bishop of Rochester (lengthy presentation inscription by the author [or an amanuensis?] on the verso of the fly leaf: "To the right Rnd Father in God, and his very good Lord, John Ld Bishop of Rochester, these foure Bookes of Cosmographie are presented as a Testimonie of those greater Services, due to his Ldp from ye Author. His Lps most affectionately devoted servant Pet. Heylyn Mar. 22, 1652."; flyleaf loose); contemporary marginalia (numerous additions and corrections in the index and on a few text leaves, some underlinings); Lionel H. Pries (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, A RARE PRESENTATION COPY TO THE BISHOP OF ROCHESTER. Heylyn lived a rather varied existence for an ecclesiastical writer who began his career as a fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. His first prose work was the Geography of 1621, a precursor to the ideas expressed here in his Cosmographie. He rose to some prominence as royal chaplain in 1630, but a series of pronouncements against ecclesiastical enemies and in favour of the divine right of kings would ultimately lead to social and financial difficulty. Charles I was forced to summon parliament as a result of the Bishops' War in Scotland after having governed 11 years without it. This war precipitated the civil wars, increased the power of Heylyn's political enemies and cost him the favour he had previously enjoyed. His financial and social destitution forced his wife into exile, while he, disguised, wandered from house to house seeking shelter. By the time the wars had effectively ended in 1651, Heylyn returned to a semblance of his previous life, writing books and continuing in earnest to attack the work of his contemporaries. By this time his eyesight had almost completely failed, making reading and writing nearly impossible. It is therefore possible that the inscription to Lord Rochester is the work of an amanuensis, although the lack of established biographical evidence relating to Heylyn's blindness allows for the possibility that the inscription is in his hand. ABPC records no presentation copies or autograph material from Heylyn in the last 50 years. Sabin 31655; Wing H1689.

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HEYLYN, Peter. Cosmographie in foure Books Contayning the Chorographie & Historie of the whole World, and all the Principall Kingdomes, Provinces, Seas, and Isles, Thereof. London: Henry Siele, 1652. 2o. Engraved title, letterpress table of climates and division titles, and four engraved double-page maps. (Some dampstaining on the lower margin throughout, some worming affecting the text block in the last several gatherings.) Contemporary calf (front cover detached, worn). Provenance: Lord John, Bishop of Rochester (lengthy presentation inscription by the author [or an amanuensis?] on the verso of the fly leaf: "To the right Rnd Father in God, and his very good Lord, John Ld Bishop of Rochester, these foure Bookes of Cosmographie are presented as a Testimonie of those greater Services, due to his Ldp from ye Author. His Lps most affectionately devoted servant Pet. Heylyn Mar. 22, 1652."; flyleaf loose); contemporary marginalia (numerous additions and corrections in the index and on a few text leaves, some underlinings); Lionel H. Pries (bookplate).

FIRST EDITION, A RARE PRESENTATION COPY TO THE BISHOP OF ROCHESTER. Heylyn lived a rather varied existence for an ecclesiastical writer who began his career as a fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. His first prose work was the Geography of 1621, a precursor to the ideas expressed here in his Cosmographie. He rose to some prominence as royal chaplain in 1630, but a series of pronouncements against ecclesiastical enemies and in favour of the divine right of kings would ultimately lead to social and financial difficulty. Charles I was forced to summon parliament as a result of the Bishops' War in Scotland after having governed 11 years without it. This war precipitated the civil wars, increased the power of Heylyn's political enemies and cost him the favour he had previously enjoyed. His financial and social destitution forced his wife into exile, while he, disguised, wandered from house to house seeking shelter. By the time the wars had effectively ended in 1651, Heylyn returned to a semblance of his previous life, writing books and continuing in earnest to attack the work of his contemporaries. By this time his eyesight had almost completely failed, making reading and writing nearly impossible. It is therefore possible that the inscription to Lord Rochester is the work of an amanuensis, although the lack of established biographical evidence relating to Heylyn's blindness allows for the possibility that the inscription is in his hand. ABPC records no presentation copies or autograph material from Heylyn in the last 50 years. Sabin 31655; Wing H1689.