The Purchas Handbook [Two-Volume Set]

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This is a reference guide to the works of Samuel Purchas, a 17th-century English clergyman and collector of travel literature. It includes a critical evaluation of his achievements as an editor and author, as well as bibliographies of his books and of works about him. The book was edited by Loren Pennington and published by the Hakluyt Society in 1997. It has 811 pages in total.