Name of printer supplied by Pollard.

Despite the title, this work describes New England, and not modern day Virginia.

"A treatise, conteining important inducements for the planting in these parts, and finding a passage that way to the South Sea and China", p. 15-24, has separate caption title.

An enlarged issue printed in the same year by the same printer has title: A briefe and true relation of the discouerie of the north part of Virginia; being a most pleasant, fruitfull, and commodius soile: made this present yeere 1602, by captaine Bartholomew Gosnold, captaine Bartholowmew [sic] Gilbert, and diuers other gentlemen their associats, by the permission of the honourable knight, Sir Walter Ralegh, &c. Written by M. Iohn Brereton one of the voyage. Whereunto is annexed a treatise, of M. Edward Hayes, conteining important inducements for the planting in those parts, and finding a passage that way to the South Sea, and China.

Signatures: A-C⁴ (A1 verso blank)

Title page printed within ornamental woodcut border; head and tail pieces; initials.

Vail, R.W.G. Voice of the old frontier, 9.

Church, E.D. Catalogue of books relating to the discovery and early history of North and South America, 325.

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), 3610.

Bibliotheca Americana: catalogue of the John Carter Brown Library in Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, II: p. 15.

European Americana, 602/18.

English short title catalogue, S106426.

Purchase; before 1900; 08178.

John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: closely cropped at foot of text block, affecting lines of text, signature signings, and catchwords.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in 19th century brown morocco.