History and Present State of Virginia, in Four Parts...By a Native
Item #72126
[BEVERLEY, Robert]. The History and Present State of Virginia, in Four Parts...By a Native and Inhabitant of the Place. London: Printed for R. Parker, 1705. Four parts bound in one volume. [12],19,[1],104; 40; 64; 83pp. Errata on verso of final table of contents leaf. Engraved frontispiece, fourteen engraved plates, all by Gribelin; folding letterpress table. Antique style half calf and marbled boards. Some tanning and light foxing. Very good. The first edition of an important history of Virginia. "After John Smith, the first account of this colony, the first one penned by a native and the best contemporary record of its aboriginal tribes and of the life of its early settlers" - Howes. Beverly's history is the earliest written by a Virginian and is one of the most reliable and informative accounts of the early period. Beverly covers all aspects of life in Virginia, including produce both natural and cultivated, early plantations and history up to the time of writing. The finely executed plates are based on the engravings found in the first part of Theodore De Bry's GRAND VOYAGES, i.e. Hariot's important work on Virginia with images based on original drawings by John White. "A valuable first hand account of conditions, written by a self consciously American observer of nature, Indians, political and social life" - Vail. CHURCH 821. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 705/21. HOWES B410, "b." FIELD 122. VAIL 297. ARENTS 456. SABIN 5112. STREETER SALE 1098. PILLING, ALGONQUIAN, p.43.
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