smith captaine john (4 Ergebnisse)

First edition. 15 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of 200 numbered copies.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Remains well-preserved overall. Provenance: bookplate of Arthur Croxall Whitehead. Physical description; Volume II of 2 volumes : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 23 cm. Notes; Half-title: The travels of Captaine John Smith. Subjects; Smith, John (1580-1631). Virginia History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. New England History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Bermuda Islands History. America Discovery and exploration English Early works to 1800. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. (Birmingham ) Southern Classics Library. Quarto. 248pp. A very nice bright copy in full maroon leather all edges gilt. Fold out maps.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First American Edition. 2 volumes rebound in clean brown buckram with gilt titles on spine. Title of volume II: "THE GENERALL HISTORIE OF VIRGINIA, NEW-ENGLAND, AND THE SUMMER ILES, WITH THE NAMES OF THE ADVENTURERS, PLANTERS, AND GOVERNOURS FROM THEIR FIRST BEGINNING, AN. 1584. TO THIS PRESENT 1626. WITH THE PROCEEDINGS OF THOSE SEVERALL COLONIES AND THE ACCIDENTS THAT BEFELL THEM IN ALL THEIR IOURNYES AND DISCOVERIES. ALSO THE MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THOSE COUNTRIES THEIR COMMODITIES, PEOPLE, GOVERNMENT, CUSTOMES, AND RELIGION YET KNOWNE. DIVIDED INTO SIXE BOOKES". First Edition issued and printed in America, from the London Edition of 1629. With the five engraved plates (+1) including three large folding engraved scenes and maps from the original first London printing. Included are the engraved frontispiece of Captain John Smith; the engraved coat of arms frontispiece to Vol. II; a large folding plate depicting many engraved scenes from Captain John Smith's travels and discoveries; the folding 'Old Virginia' map showing the original settlement areas and pictorial engraved scenes of the author's adventures there, including an illustration of Pocahontas asking Powhatan to spare Smith's life; the large folding general map of Virginia in its original format showing areas of Virginia and Maryland and the coast down to Carolina. (Also a separate full-page illustration of Pocahontas asking Powhatan to spare Smith's life). Plates are well preserved, whole and complete with only a few stress tears mostly at the bound in edges. [xiv,247pp----xii,282pp]. Text Is tight, clean & intact with light age toning. World Travel, Exploration. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 529 pages.