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A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia : Sir Walter Raleigh's colony of MDLXXXV / By Thomas Hariot. With an introduction.

Author/creator Harriot, Thomas, 1560-1621
Other author/creatorStevens, Henry, Jr., 1819-1886 editor.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoLondon : Privately Print, 1900.
Descriptionxvii, 84 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
Subject(s)
Variant title Binder's spine title Hariot's report of Virginia
Local noteJoyner NC Rare copy has bookplate of Dr. Bennett Watson Roberts. NC Rare copy unnumbered.
General noteIntroduction signed "Outis, secretary" [i.e. pseud. of Henry Stevens].
General noteTitle within ornamental border.
General noteReprint of the original English ed., 1588, from the copy in the Grenville Library, British Museum.
General note"One hundred and fifty copies only printed on small paper, and thirty-three copies only on large paper, of which this is small paper no." --p.vi.
General noteThe biography and bibliography of Hariot, which was at first intended to form part of the introduction, is issued as "a separate and distinct volume" but uniform with the Briefe report, as a companion volume. cf. Introduction: p. xi.
General noteIncludes index.
Acquisitions source Joyner NC Rare copy Purchased from Ben and Snow Roberts, July 2012.
Issued in other formOnline version: Harriot, Thomas, 1560-1621. Briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia. London, Privately print., 1900
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LCCN 01020233

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner NC Rare F229 .H27 1900 ✔ Available Request Material