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A relation of some yeares travaile, begunne anno 1626 : into Afrique and the greater Asia, especially the territories of the Persian monarchie, and some parts of the orientall Indies and iles adiacent : of their religion, language, habit, discent, ceremonies, and other matters concerning them : together with the proceedings and death of the three late ambassadours, Sir D.C., Sir R.S., and the Persian Nogdi-Beg : as also the two great monarchs, the King of Persia and the great Mogol / by T.H. ...
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Swift's Reading Collection Folio DS7 .H53 1634
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Herbert, Thomas, Sir, 1606-1682.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800.
- Voyages and travels.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Iran--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
- Iran.
- India--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
- India.
- America--Discovery and exploration--Welsh.
- America.
- Penn Provenance:
- Vienken, Heinz J. (honoree)
- Elias, Susan Homans (honoree)
- Penrose, Boies (bookplate)
- Penrose, Boies, II (bookplate)
- Burguess, S. (autograph, 1867)
- Henry(?), Walter(?) (inscription, 1867)
- Williams, R. (autograph, 1780)
- Physical Description:
- 12 unnumbered pages, 225 pages, 15 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm (folio)
- Other Title:
- Description of the Persian monarchy, now beinge the orientall Indyes
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by William Stansby and Jacob Bloome, 1634.
- Notes:
- One of two imprint variants. Cf. ESTC.
- Added engr. t.p. without imprint date.
- With a final colophon leaf.
- The first leaf is blank.
- Signatures: [A]⁶ B-2H⁴ (A1 blank).
- Woodcuts: device; initials; head- and tail-pieces.
- With side- and shoulder-notes.
- "A discourse and proofe that Madoc ap Owen Gwynedd first found out that continent now call'd America"--P. 217-225.
- Errata on p. [13].
- Includes index.
- Identified as STC 1176:11 on UMI microfilm.
- Local Notes:
- This title is part of The Library and Reading of Jonathan Swift: a Partial Replication, a collection given to the University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library in 2005 in memory of Susan Homans Elias and in honor of the late Heinz J. Vienken.
- Library's copy wanting first blank leaf.
- Cited in:
- STC (2nd ed.) 13190
- ESTC S119687
- Rosenwald 1481
- Passmann-Vienken. Swift's Library, 831
- OCLC:
- 5270412
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