- 68
[Beverley, Robert]
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description
- The History and Present State of Virginia. London: R. Parker, 1705
- paper
First edition, 8vo (190 x 110mm.), engraved frontispiece and 14 plates, one folding printed table, late nineteenth-century morocco gilt, [Sabin 5112; Howes B410; Church 821], rebacked retaining original spine
Provenance
James Frothingham Hunnewell, bookplate; New York Historical Society, stamp on title and last leaf
Catalogue Note
A good copy. "This is the first edition of the earliest history of Virginia, after Captain John Smith's... It was published anonymously, and is illustrated with reduced reproductions of engravings from De Bry, by Gribelin. Beverley's style is easy, unsophisticated, and pleasing..." (Church).