The history of Virginia, in four parts : 1. The history of the first settlement of Virginia, and the government thereof, to the year 1706. 2. The natural productions and conveniencies of the country, suited to trade and improvement. 3. The native Indians, their religion, laws, and customs, in war and peace. 4. The present state of the country, as to the polity of the government, and the improvements of the land, the 10th of June 1720 by a native and inhabitant of the place

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beverley, Robert, approximately 1673-1722.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Virginia.

Indians of North America.

Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Virginia.

Genre:

Advertisements.

Physical Description:

[8], 284, [28] p., [14] leaves of plates : ill., coat of arms ; 20 cm. (8vo)

Edition:

2nd ed. rev. and enl. by the author.

Other Title:

History and present state of Virginia

Place of Publication:

London : F. Fayram and J. Clarke, and T. Bickerton, 1722.

Notes:

Includes a frontispiece with the arms of Virginia, and the title: The history and present state of Virginia, by R. B., gent.

First published in 1705 under title: The history and present state of Virginia.

Pages [25]-[28] at end are publishers' advertisements.

References: Howes, W. U.S.iana (2nd ed.) B410; Sabin 5113.

Howes describes this as "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".

Engravings by Gribelin, copied from De Bry's Latin ed. of Harriot's "Admiranda Narratio".

Local Notes:

HSP copy on deposit in the Library Company of Philadelphia.

Bookplate: Mildmay, 1729.

Cited in:

Church, 885