The Purchas Handbook: Studies of the Life, Times and Writings of Samuel Purchas 1577-1626. Edited by L. E. PENNINGTON Vol. 1. 1997. pp. xvii + 380. 11 plates.Vol. II. 1997. pp. vii + 431. 18 plates. ISBN 0 904180 54 9
The Purchas Handbook: Studies of the Life, Times and Writings of Samuel Purchas 1577-1626.
Edited by
L. E. PENNINGTON
Vol. 1. 1997. pp. xvii + 380. 11 plates.Vol. II. 1997. pp. vii + 431. 18 plates. ISBN 0 904180 54 9
Volume one; for volume two see Second Series 186. Containing essays by various contributors on the use of Purchas’s work and an evaluation of his achievements as a collector, editor and author of travel literature.
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