Graphic sketches from old and authentic works, illustrating the costume, habits and character of the aborigines of America : together with rare and curious fragments relating to the discovery and settlement of the country.

Other author Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : J. and H.G. Langley, 1841.
Description15 p., [23] leaves, 24 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentGale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
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Variant title Half title from p. 5: Graphic sketches. Part I, The natives of Virginia, by John Wyth, 1585-1588
Variant title Added t.p. on leaf following p. 15: Portraits to the life and manners of the inhabitants of that province in America, called Virginia ... by John Wyth
SeriesSabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Local noteRace.
Local note2011AB75400.
General notePlates accompanied by leaves with descriptive letterpress.
General noteThe plates are figures in outline from de Bry's engravings, reduced.
General noteAdded t.p. (leaf following p. 15): Portraits to the life and manners of the inhabitants, of that province in America, called Virginia, in charge of the honourable gentleman, Sir Walter Raleigh, knight and steward of the stannaries in Cornwall and Exeter, by licence and authority granted in the year 1585, for the government of the new provinces, by the Most Serene Queen of England Elizabeth, the whole carefully executed and drawn to the life, by John Wyth, sent forth to that province in the years 1585 to 1588, afterwards engraved on copper, and first published by Theofore De Bry, 1590.
General noteNo more published.
General noteReproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
General noteSabin no. 103394.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2011. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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