Noua Britannia, offring most excellent fruites by planting in Virginia
exciting all such as be well affected to further the same
by Johnson, Robert
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Noua Britannia, offring most excellent fruites by planting in Virginia: exciting all such as be well affected to further the same
1609, Printed for Samuel Macham, and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard, at the signe of the Bul-head
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Dedication signed: R.I., i.e. Robert Johnson.
STC (2nd ed.) names J. Windet as printer.
Signatures: A-E⁴ (A1 and E4) blank.
The Church Catalogue distinguishes six different issues of this tract; this is the second one listed there, with the title page showing the spelling of "offring", no head-piece with the royal arms, a woodcut of an armed ship under full sail, and the head-piece of the dedication has a human figure, without legs, flanked by two beasts with human heads.
LC copy imperfect; lacking first and last blank leaves.
Church, E.D. Discovery, 338
ESTC (RLIN) S109170
Sabin 36284
STC (2nd ed.) 14699.3
Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation; LC copy has tipped in a manuscript order signed by Thomas Smythe, the dedicatee, in 1613 and a folded leaf with ms. text on both sides, entitled: Tracts relating to Virginia 1602. 1615 Brit Mus; bookplate of Lord Strangford, a nephew of Smythe, with Strangford arms blind stamped on front cover.
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