"Of this ed. there are 250 copies printed on royal paper, and 75 on imperial paper."
Vols. 1-3 have added t.p., reprinted from those of the 2d edition, that of v. 1 being reprinted from the later issue, dated 1599.
"An accurate reprint of the best folio [1588-1600] with the additon of those voyages which were published in the first edition, and omitted in the second. It likewise has a supplement containing all the voyages and travels printed by Hakluyt, or at his suggestion, which forms the latter part of the fourth, and the whole of the fifh volume, and was sold separately to complete old editions. It was ed. by R. H. Evans."--Lowndes, Man. of Eng. lit.