Books and Manuscripts

(Beverly, 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 in one volume. First edition. 8vo. (xii), 19, (1), 104; 40; 64; 83, (1) pp. Errata on verso of final Table of Contents leaf. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece and 14 engraved plates, by Gribelin. Full speckled calf, red morocco spine label, stamped in gilt; all edges trimmed; ink stamp of Samuel Fisher on title-page. Arents 456; Church 821; European Americana, 705/21; Field 122 (later edition); Howes B-410; Pilling, Algonquian, p. 43; Sabin 5112; Streeter 2:1098; Vail 297

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)