THE PRINCIPAL NAVIGATIONS, VOYAGES, TRAFFIQUES, AND DISCOVERIES OF THE ENGLISH NATION.

London, George Bishop, Ralph Newberie and Robert Barker, 1598-1600.. SECOND EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, 3 VOLUMES IN 2, the first 2 volumes bound together, complete set, 1598, 1599, 1600. NOT A MATCHING SET as Volumes 1 & 2 are large paper. LACKS THE MAP, 4 LEAVES IN THE SECOND VOLUME ARE FROM A NORMAL SIZE COPY OF THE SAME DATE. LACKING "A briefe and true report of the honourable voyage vnto Cadiz", suppressed and excised by order of Queen Elizabeth after the disgrace of Essex, the 7 Cadiz leaves were simply removed from the end of Volume 1. Folio, in sixes, the page size of the first 2 volumes 310 x 200 mm, 12¼ x 8 inches, a tall untrimmed copy (as listed in Pforzheimer), quite scarce as most sets are the same size as our Volume 3 (280 x 185 mm, 11 x 7 inches), pages: [24], 1-606; [16], 1-312, 1-204; Volume 3: [16], 1-868, pictorial and decorated initials and ornaments, first 2 volumes bound together in half calf, marbled boards, early gilt lettered red morocco label, raised bands, Volume 3 bound in full calf, rebacked, gilt lettered red label, gilt rules between raised bands, both volumes have new endpapers, engraved bookplate to first pastedown of Volume 1. Marbled paper slightly scuffed and stained, slight shelf wear to edges, the title pages of Volumes 1 and 3 reinserted on a tab, inner margins slightly damaged but not affecting text, title page of Volume 1 is dusty with the corners strengthened, central horizontal crease plus a few other creases and a few small old ink doodles, next 2 pages have the horizontal crease, 5 prelim pages and pages 17 & 18 have neat old ink underlinings, repairs to edges of page 601 and top margin of page 606, small dark stain to top of pages 601-606 just running into text, all readable, small hole to 1 margin, not near text, 2 small holes affecting text, all easily legible, paper fault to margin of page 499, 2 corner tips missing, pale marginal staining to a few pages, not affecting text. Volume 2: Hakluyt's name mispelt "Hackluyt" on title page, neat old repair to outer margin of last page, 2 tiny burn holes to margins, a few corner tips missing, small tear to 1 top margin with slight loss, not affecting text, occasional tiny closed tear and occasional pale stain to margins, pale age-browning to some gatherings. Volume 3: heavy old ink stains to first pastedown due to erasures, top corner of title page repaired with slight loss to image, (see image), small repair to bottom edge, not affecting text, dusty and slightly stained with a light crease to lower corner, old ink doodling to blank side, 3 small repairs to top corners of 3 pages in the prelims, some small repairs to edges of pages and tips of lower corners, small repairs to top margins of pages 208-228 and 269-281, outer edge of page 337 repaired, last page reinserted on a tab, loss to inner margin, not affecting text, last 3 pages dusty and soiled, a few corner tips missing, occasional ink splash and pale brown stain, a few small closed tears to margins, occasional old ink marginalia to all volumes, otherwise good sturdy copies. Most text in black letter and in English, some text in Latin. See: Pforzheimer Library, English Literature 1475-1700, page 435, No. 443 (our first 2 volumes have same misnumbering); Hakluyt Handbook Volume 2, page 491 states "1598, the original issue, line 8 reading these 1500 yeeres"; THE SAME AS OUR COPY; Printing and the Mind of Man, page 63, No. 105, heading "Queen's captains"; Sabin, A Dictionary of Books relating to America, Volume 1, Nos. 29595, 29597, 29598; Borba de Moraes, Bibliographia Brasiliana, Volume 1, pages, 328-329; The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages, pages 131 -132; Catalogue of the Huth Library, Third portion, pages 992-993; ESTC S106744. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.