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live December 8 | 02:00 PM
Richard Maison de ventes

37 - [America] BEVERLEY (Robert) History of Virginia, containing: I/ The history of the first settlement in Virginia and its government up to the present. II/ The natural resources and amenities of the country before the English settled there and improved it. III/ The religion, laws, and customs of the native Indians, both in war and in peace. IV/ The present state of the country, both with regard to public order and to the improvement of the land. Amsterdam, Thomas Lombrail, 1707. One volume in-12, contemporary brown sheepskin, decorated ribbed spine. Frontispiece, (3) folios, 433 pages, (8) folios. Upper joint split, cap bands missing, wear, restoration to the title page and map, paper browned.

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€150 - 250

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[America] BEVERLEY (Robert) History of Virginia, containing: I/ The history of the first settlement in Virginia and its government up to the present. II/ The natural resources and amenities of the country before the English settled there and improved it. III/ The religion, laws, and customs of the native Indians, both in war and in peace. IV/ The present state of the country, both with regard to public order and to the improvement of the land. Amsterdam, Thomas Lombrail, 1707. One volume in-12, contemporary brown sheepskin, decorated ribbed spine. Frontispiece, (3) folios, 433 pages, (8) folios. Upper joint split, cap bands missing, wear, restoration to the title page and map, paper browned. Frontispiece title page, a fold-out map of Virginia, 14 engraved plates, and 1 fold-out illustration included in the pagination. This edition was published the same year as the first edition of the French translation. It is the most accurate and vivid account of Virginia from that period.

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Auction details

Sale of antique and modern books
Tuesday, December 8
02:00 PM
16, rue Régemortes
03000 Moulins, France

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Richard Maison de ventes +33 4 28 39 00 20 moulins@richardmdv.com
On Drouot for 10 years avec More than 100,000 lots published

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