The strange and dangerous voyage of Captaine Thomas Iames, in his intended discouery of the Northwest Passage into the South Sea. : VVherein the miseries indured both going, wintering, returning; and the rarities obserued, both philosophicall and mathematicall, are related in this iournall of it. By His Maiesties command. To which are added, a plat or card for the sayling in those seas. Diuers little tables of the author's, of the variation of the compasse, &c. VVith an appendix concerning longitude, by Master Henry Gellibrand astronomy reader of Gresham Colledge in London. And an aduise concerning the philosophy of these late discoueryes, by W.W.
1633
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Title
The strange and dangerous voyage of Captaine Thomas Iames, in his intended discouery of the Northwest Passage into the South Sea. : VVherein the miseries indured both going, wintering, returning; and the rarities obserued, both philosophicall and mathematicall, are related in this iournall of it. By His Maiesties command. To which are added, a plat or card for the sayling in those seas. Diuers little tables of the author's, of the variation of the compasse, &c. VVith an appendix concerning longitude, by Master Henry Gellibrand astronomy reader of Gresham Colledge in London. And an aduise concerning the philosophy of these late discoueryes, by W.W.
Created/published
London : Printed by Iohn Legatt, for Iohn Partridge, 1633.
Description
[8], 120, [24] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 19 cm (4to)
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Note
Variant state of the title page: line 13 reads "Published by His Maiesties command" (instead of "By His Maiesties command.") The ESTC describes it as a different edition.
S4v signed "Yours William Watts". A variant state reads "Yours X.Z."
First leaf and leaf Q4 are blank.
The plate has legend: The platt of sayling for the discoverye of a passage into the South Sea. 1631. 1632.
Signatures: [par.]⁴ A-Q⁴ R⁴(±R2) S⁴.
Stationers' register: Entered 19 March [1633]
S4v signed "Yours William Watts". A variant state reads "Yours X.Z."
First leaf and leaf Q4 are blank.
The plate has legend: The platt of sayling for the discoverye of a passage into the South Sea. 1631. 1632.
Signatures: [par.]⁴ A-Q⁴ R⁴(±R2) S⁴.
Stationers' register: Entered 19 March [1633]
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 14444
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S126771
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S109089
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S126771
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S109089
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Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Call number
STC 14444 copy 3
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: wanting folded map and [par.]1 (blank). Variant reading on title page of "Published by His Maiesties command"; final page signed "Yours William Watts." manuscript price on t.p. Provenance: inscription on t.p.: 'P. Williams A. M. ...Suffolk 1730'; Harmsworth copy
Folger accession
HH123/8
Former call number
STC 14444.2
Call number
STC 14444 copy 1
Folger-specific note
HH123/9. Wanting [par.]1 and Q4 (blanks); a second [par.]4 is bound after [par.]2(t.p.); folded map backed with linen. Leaf S4v signed "Yours X.Z." Copious manuscript notes: pages of notes at back, reproducing letters from other sources which relate to this subject. Maroon goatskin binding, gold-tooled and signed by Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd. Provenance: bookplates of Charles Joseph Harford; and Herman Le Roy Edgar; Edgar sale, New York, 22 November 1920:330; pencilled Quaritch note dated 13.ii.20; Harmsworth copy
Call number
STC 14444 copy 2
Folger-specific note
cs1906. Variant. Imperfect: wanting folded map and [par.]1 (blank); copy stained. Leaf S4v signed "Yours X.Z." Plus an engraved port. (dated 1821) of Thomas James pasted to front fly-leaf. With: Devanzati, B. A discourse upon coins. 1696 (shelfmark D301). Manuscript notes: bibliographical notes on front paste-down; some notes in margins. Provenance: inscription on front free endpaper: 'Ex Libris Jacobi Lilburn 1845'; clipping no. '197' from bookseller's catalogue, which describes this copy, is annotated: '11 Mar/29 Sotheby'; bought by Folger in 1929 from Thorp