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 Info | New York : J. and H.G. Langley, 1841. |
| Description | 15 p., [23] leaves, 24 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| 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 |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Local note | Race. |
| Local note | 2011AB75400. |
| General note | Plates accompanied by leaves with descriptive letterpress. |
| General note | The plates are figures in outline from de Bry's engravings, reduced. |
| General note | Added 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 note | No more published. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society. |
| General note | Sabin no. 103394. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2011. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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