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Verlag: London printed by Iohn Norton for Hugh Perry, 1631
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Zustand: Very Good. 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 ti…ll 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 between "Almost Incredible", typeface etc. Bound in half green roan over marbled boards, gilt title to spine. Spine rubbed, corners and board edges slightly worn, small scrape to surface paper on lower cover, some pencil notes on front pastedown, 3 armorial bookplates on endpapers, 1 belonging to Frances Mary Richardson Currer, another to her grandfather Mathew Wilson, and one to Arthur Dalrymple, upper margins slightly trimmed, running title shaved in a few places with loss, small light brown stain to lower corner of 4 leaves, light browning to a few pages. Binding tight and firm. A very good copy (lacking first and last blank and 2 preliminary leaves as noted). There is very little information about Robert Coverte. Although styled on the title page as Captaine Robert Covert, it seems he was steward on the 'Ascension' which sailed from Plymouth in 1607. The vessel ran aground going into Surat, the primary port of the Moghul Empire, but the crew escaped ashore in boats. An English merchant introduced them to the court of the Great Mogul at Agra arriving in December 1609. Coverte with his companions started out for home from Agra at the beginning of 1610 choosing to travel overland through Kandahar, Esfahan, and Baghdad. They reached Aleppo in December 1610 and then took a ship back to England arriving in April 1611. Coverte's account of his travels was first published in 1612 and again in 1614. See: A Catalogue of the Library Collected by Miss Richardson Currer, page 150; Howgego, Encyclopedia of Exploration, Volume I, C211; Edward G. Cox, A Reference Guide to the Literature of Travel, Volume I, page 266; Sotheby's, The Library of Franklin Brooke-Hitching, Exploration and Discovery 1576-1939, Part 1, No 335; ESTC S108890. England's first known lady book collector, Frances Mary Richardson Currer (1785-1861) was a well-known bibliophile and scholar, and had one of the largest libraries in the north of England. She was one of the founders and donaters of the Clergy Daughters School at Cowan Bridge which Charlotte and Emily Bronte both attended and it has been speculated that her philanthropy was the reason that Charlotte Brontë chose the nom de plume of "Currer Bell" for her 1847 novel Jane Eyre. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST AND ALL PARCELS SENT FULLY TRACKED AND FULLY INSURED.
Weitere BilderVerlag: London, printed by J[ohn] N[orton] for Hugh Perry, 1631., 1631
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Small 4to (140 x 184 mm). (8), 68, (4) pp. Full red morocco by Zaehnsdorf, covers with gilt triple fillet, spine with raised bands in six compartments, ruled in gilt on either side of each band, lettered in the second compartment, others with repeat decoration in gilt. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. An absorbing, very rare e…arly account of an overland journey through India and the Middle East, presented in the form of a travel diary. - 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 (describing the important military post as larger than London), arriving at Agra in December 1609. Although asked by the emperor Jahangir to serve in his military service, Coverte and other crew members left Agra in January 1610 "with the intention of making their way back to the Levant by the overland route. Travelling by way of Kandahar, Esfahan, and Baghdad, they reached Aleppo in December 1610 and from the coast of the Levant sailed for England. They subsequently arrived home in April 1611" (Howgego). - "Most of [Coverte's account] treats his overland journey from Surat to Aleppo with brief but fairly good descriptions of the towns and countryside along the route" (Lach & Van Kley). Penrose described this work as a "vigorous narrative. It relates its author's reception by the Emperor Jahangir, and his [.] journey across India, Afghanistan, and Persia, and [.] is one of the best examples of a travel journal that the period produced". The work was first published in 1612, with a second edition appearing two years later before the present third edition. It was one of the first descriptions of the Middle East available in Europe, and all English editions are rare and desirable. Two German translations followed, and the account was further published in compilations of discovery and exploration, including those published by De Bry, Hulsius, and van der Aa. - Title-page and A4 on stub guards, early ink and pencil marginalia throughout. Very appealingly bound. - BM-STC 5897. Howgego C211. Penrose, Travel and Discovery in the Renaissance 324. Oaten, European Travellers in India 158-161. Early English Books, 1475-1640, 1347:2. OCLC 55195177. Cf. Lach & Van Kley III, p. 553.
Verlag: Hanau: Hulsius, 1617., 1617
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Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to., (7 4/8 x 6 inches). Vignette title-page (some light browning). Modern red morocco, gilt. Provenance: with the small library label of Wolfgang A. Herz on the front paste-down, his sale Important Voyages and Travels, 9th December 2009, lot 137 First edition in German of Part 15 of Hulsius's famous co…llection of travel accounts published between 1598-1650. This volume is a translation of Robert Coverte's "A true and almost incredible Report of an Englishman, that (being cast away in the good Ship called The Assention, in Cambaya, the farthest Part of the East Indies) Travelled by Land through many unknowne Kingdomes, and Great Cities." first published in 1612. Coverte and his men were among the first Englishmen to see the Cape of Good Hope, in July 1608. Penrose describes this account as a "vigorous narrative.it relates its author's reception by the Emperor Jahangir, and his tedious journey across India, Afghanistan, and Persia, and as such is one of the best examples of a travel journal that the period produced." "This celebrated collection of voyages, which was doubtless suggested by the success that had attended the publications of the series by the brothers De Bry: is in some respects an imitation of these., in others it is superior" (Sabin). Indeed de Bry did publish Coverte's account in the second section of Part XI of his "Small Voyages". Church 306; JCB 1: 493; Sabin 33668. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.
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Second edition. 4to. Full red calf, stamped in gilt & blind, leather label to spine, without blanks A1, K3, & K4, title-page soiled & repaired, with the lower right quarter supplied in facsimile, some light soiling throughout, otherwise a good copy [6], 68pp. London: N.O[kes], for Thomas Archer, The second edition of Coverte's a…ccount of the fourth East India Company voyage to the East Indies, following the first edition published in London in 1612. The author was steward on board the Ascension under Capt. Sharpey they left Plymouth with a companion vessel the Union , in March 1607, and, on their voyage south, were among the first Englishmen to see the Cape of Good Hope, arriving there in July 1608. The Ascension having separated from the Union in a storm reached India, via Madagascar, Pemba Island and Socotra, 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 for the Moghul Court at Agra, arriving there in December 1609. He and other crew members left Agra in January 1610 "with the intention of making their way back to the Levant by the overland route. Travelling by way of Kandahar, Esfahan, and Baghdad.they reached Aleppo in December 1610 and from the coast of the Levant sailed for England. They subsequently arrived home in April 1611" (Howgego). An absorbing account presented in the form of a travel diary, Penrose described the work as a "vigorous narrative . it relates its author's reception by the Emperor Jahangir, and his tedious journey across India, Afghanistan, and Persia, and as such is one of the best examples of a travel journal that the period produced." As pointed out by Parker (Books to Build an Empire) "This voyage marks the lowest depth to which the company's misfortunes sank in its early years, for the loss of the two ships nearly ruined it financially . during these years of unprecedented English travel and trade into the east there was a great dearth of literature describing the voyages of the East India Company's ships. between 1608 and 1614 only one book appeared which described England's new-found commerce." An extremely popular travel account, a third London edition appeared in 1631 and German translations were printed in 1617 and 1648. The account was also included in compilations of discovery and exploration published by De Bry, Hulsius, and van der Aa. STC, 5896; Howgego, C211; Penrose Travel & Discovery in the Renaissance, p324.; Parker Books to Build an Empire, p.181; Mendelssohn, p.388.
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The second edition of Hulsius's German translation from the 1612 edition. 4to. Engraved fignette on the title. Modern boards. 75pp. Franckfurt, Le Blon, Coverte's account of the fourth east india Company voyage to the East Indies, following the first edition published in London in 1612. The author was steward on board the Ascens…ion under Capt. Sharpey they left Plymouth with a companion vessel the Union , in March 1607, and, on their voyage south, were among the first Englishmen to see the Cape of Good Hope, arriving there in July 1608. The Ascension having separated from the the Union in a storm reached India, via Madagascar, Pemba Island and Socotra, 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 for the Moghul Court at Agra, arriving there in December 1609. He and other crew members left Agra in January 1610 "with the intention of making their way back to the Levant by the overland route. Travelling by way of Kandahar, Esfahan, and Baghdad.they reached Aleppo in December 1610 and from the coast of the Levant sailed for England. They subsequently arrived home in April 1611" (Howgego). An absorbing account presented in the form of a travel diary, Penrose described the work as a "vigorous narrative.it relates its author's reception by the Emperor Jahangir, and his tedious journey across India, Afghanistan, and Persia, and as such is one of the best examples of a travel journal that the period produced." As pointed out by Parker ( Books to Build an Empire ) "This voyage marks the lowest depth to which the company's misfortunes sank in its early years, for the loss of the two ships nearly ruined it financially . during these years of unprededented English travel and trade into the east there was a great dearth of literature describing the voyages of the East India company's ships. between 1608 and 1614 only one book appeared which described England's new-found commerce. Church 307. cf.Howgego, C211; Penrose (Travel & Discovery in the Renaissance), p324.; Parker ( Books to Build an Empire ) p181 et sec.; Mendelssohn, p.388.
