KEITH, Sir WILLIAM. The History of the British Plantations in America...Part I [ all published ]. Containing the History of Virginia; with Remarks on the Trade and Commerce of that Colony. London: Printed at the Expence of the Society for the Encouragement of Learning...[for] A. Miller, J. Nourse & J. Gray 1738. 4to, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked, corners restored, first map with very slight fold tear, text with fairly heavy spotting . FIRST EDITION, engraved vignette on title, repeated on final page, 2 folding engraved maps; the first, "A New and Correct Map of America," 560 x 475 mm. (21 7/8 x 18 1/2 in.) showing North and South America with inset views of Port Royal, Boston, Georgia, North Pole and a Newfoundland cod fishery; the second, of Virginia and North to New Jersey and South to North Carolina. "Based largely on Beverley's history "-- Howes K 36; Sabin 37240 Provenance : The Society of Writers to the Signet, gilt supra libros and shelf labels (sale, Sotheby's, 27 June 1960, lot 1725).
KEITH, Sir WILLIAM. The History of the British Plantations in America...Part I [ all published ]. Containing the History of Virginia; with Remarks on the Trade and Commerce of that Colony. London: Printed at the Expence of the Society for the Encouragement of Learning...[for] A. Miller, J. Nourse & J. Gray 1738. 4to, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked, corners restored, first map with very slight fold tear, text with fairly heavy spotting . FIRST EDITION, engraved vignette on title, repeated on final page, 2 folding engraved maps; the first, "A New and Correct Map of America," 560 x 475 mm. (21 7/8 x 18 1/2 in.) showing North and South America with inset views of Port Royal, Boston, Georgia, North Pole and a Newfoundland cod fishery; the second, of Virginia and North to New Jersey and South to North Carolina. "Based largely on Beverley's history "-- Howes K 36; Sabin 37240 Provenance : The Society of Writers to the Signet, gilt supra libros and shelf labels (sale, Sotheby's, 27 June 1960, lot 1725).
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