GORGES, Ferdinando

Sir Ferdinando Gorges and His Province of Maine.

Item #81265

(BAXTER, JAMES PHINNEY). GORGES, Ferdinando. Sir Ferdinando Gorges and His Province of Maine. Including the Brief Relation, the Brief Narration, His Defence, the Charter Granted to Him, His Will, and His Letters. Edited with a Memoir and Historical Illustrations by James Phinney Baxter. Boston: The Prince Society, 1890. 1st ed. 3 Vols. 4tos. viii,260; ix, 270; ix, 353pp. Frontis., folding map frontis., plates, folding map. Bound in later cloth, fully untrimmed. Old stickers removed from spines, internally clean with no markings. A very good set. HOWES B-250. One of 250 sets. Ferdinando Gorges was an early English colonial entrepreneur and founder of the Province of Maine.

Price: $650.00