Shelfmark
En.1.03(01)
Author
Uniform title
[America. Pars 1. Latin]
Title
Admiranda narratio, fida tamen : de commodis et incolarum ritibus Virginiae nuper admodum ab Anglis, qui à Dn. Richardo Greinvile equestris ordinis viro eò in coloniam anno M.D.LXXXV. deducti sunt inventae, sumtus faciente Dn. VValtero Raleigh equestris ordinis viro fodinaru[m] stanni praefecto ex auctoritate serenissimae Reginae Angliae : Anglico scripta sermone à Thoma Hariot eiusdem Walteri domestico, in eam coloniam misso et regionis si tum diligenter observaret nunc autem primum Latio donata à C.C.A.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Francoforti ad Moenum : Typis Ioannis Wecheli, sumptibus vero Theodori de Bry, venales reperiuntur in officina Sigismundi Feierabendii, 1590.
Physical description
34, [22] p., [3], XXIII, V leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., map ; Fol.
Language
Latin translation by Charles de L'Écluse of Thomas Hariot's Briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia.
Note
Includes index.
Note
Plates I-XXIII have title: Vivae imagines et ritus incolarum eius provinciae in America, quae Virginia appelata est ... omnia diligenter observata, et ad viuum expressa a Joanne With ...; plates I-V (2nd sequence) have title: Pictorum, Britanniae partem olim incolentium aliquot icones; map on double leaf.
Citation/references note
Sabin, III, p. 24-27
Citation/references note
Rosenwald 1309
Citation/references note
Church, E.D. Discovery, 141
Citation/references note
Church, E.D. Discovery, 140
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Walter Farquhar, and dono dedit booklabel: Sir W. Farquhar, M.P.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton School Library.
Binding
Late 19th or early 20th century brown half calf; red and blue marbled paper on boards; earlier (17th century?) brown calf spine reattached to spine; gold and blind tooled fillet decoration on spine.
Copy-specific note
Copy imperfect: lacks t.p.; plate I.
Copy-specific note
Bound as part of 2 vol. set of Bry's Americae.
Subject
Indians of North America Virginia Early works to 1800.
Subject
Roanoke Island (N.C.) Early works to 1800.
Subject
Roanoke Colony Early works to 1800.
Subject
Virginia History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Sources.
Subject
Virginia Description and travel Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Harriot, Thomas, 1560 - 1621 Briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia. Latin.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Farquhar, Walter former owner.
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Wechel, Johann, ? - -1593 printer.
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Feyerabend, Sigmund, 1528 - 1590 printer.
Added entry--name
Eton College School Library former owner.
Added entry--place
Germany Frankfurt am Main.
Language code
lat eng
Identifier
B32272