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Smith (J.) — CoDtinued. 



At the Field sale, no. 2169, a copy brought 

 $147.50. Priced by Stevens, 1888, 71. 10s. 



The ! generall historic of j Virginia, 



New-Englaud, aud the Summer | Isles: 

 with the names of the Adventurers, | 

 PJauters, aud Governours from their | 

 first beginning An": 1584. to this | 

 present 1626. j With the Procedings 

 of those Severall Colonies | and the 

 Accidents that befell them in all their [ 

 Journyes and Discoveries. | Also the 

 Maps and Descriptions of all those 1 

 Countryes, their Commodities, people, | 

 Government, Customes, and Religion | 

 yetknowne. | Divided into sixe Bookes. 

 I By Captaine lohn Smith sometymes 

 Goveruour i in those Countryes & Ad- 

 mirall | of New England. | 



London. | Printed by 1. D. and | I. H. 

 for Michael | Sparkes. | 1626. 



Title in center of engraved page ; collation 

 and contents as in edition of 1624, titled next 

 above. On the title-page the Inscription over the 

 portrait of Charles is altered from "Caiolvs 

 Princeps,"as in the 1624 edition, to "Carolvs 

 Rex." See the reduced fac-simile of the title- 

 page. 



Copies seen : Brown, Harvard, Lenox, Massa- 

 chusetts Historical Society. 



The I generall historie ! of | Virginia, 



New-England, and the Summer | Isles: 

 with the names of the Adventurers, | 

 Planters, and Governours from their | 

 first beginning An" : 1584. to this | 

 present 1626. | With the Procedings 

 of those Severall Colonies | and the 

 Accidents that befell them in all their | 

 Journyes aud Discoveries. | Also the 

 Maps and Descriptions of all those j 

 Countryes, their Commodities, people, | 

 Government, Customes, and Religion | 

 yetknowne. | Divided into sixe Bookes. 

 I By Captaine lohn Smith sometymes 

 Governour | in those Countryes & Ad- 

 mirall | of New England. | 



London, j Printed by I. D. and | I. H. 

 for Michael | Sparkes. | 1627. 



Title in center of engraved page verso blank ; 

 collation and contents as in edition of 1624 

 titled above. The portrait of King Charles 

 has the inscription "Carolvs Rex." 



Copies seen : Congress, Lenox, Massachusetts 

 Historical Society. 



The Menzies copy, no. 1848, sold for $140; at 

 the Murphy sale, no. 2310, a copy brought $210. 

 Priced by Quaritch, no. 29718, 121. ; no. 29719, 



Smith (J.)— Continued. 



lOZ. ; by Dodd, Mead and co. Nov. 1889, $120; 

 another copy, $180. 



The I generall historie ] of | Virginia, 



New-England, and the Summer | Isles: 

 with the names of the Adventurers, | 

 Planters, and Governours from their ) 

 first beginning An*': 1584. to this j 

 present 1626. | With the Procedings 

 of those Severall Colonies | and the 

 Accidents that befell them in all their | 

 Journyes and Discoveries. | Also the 

 Maps and Descriptions of all those | 

 Countryes, their Commodities, people, | 

 Government, Customes, and Religion | 

 yetknowne. | Divided into sixe Bookes. 

 I By Captaine lohn Smith sometymes 

 Governour j in those Countryes & Ad- 

 mirall | of New England, j 



London. | Printed by I. D. and | I. H. 

 for Michael | Sparkes. | 1631. (*) 



Title in center of engraved page verso blank; 

 collation and contents as in edition of 1624 

 titled above. 



I have seen mention of but one copy of this 

 edition— that in the library of Mr. Alfred H. 

 Huth, London, England. Thinking there was 

 possibly a mistake in the date, I wrote Mr. 

 Huth concerning it, sending him photographic 

 fac-similes of the title-pages of the editions of 

 1624, 1626, 1627, and 1632 for comparison, and 

 asking that he note the differences not only in 

 the titles but in the books themselves. He 

 responds as follows : 



I regret that the only other edition of John 

 Smith's History of Virginia besides that of 1631 

 that I have in my library is the edition of 1624. 

 Apparently there is no difference in the text 

 between these two editions; indeed I am pretty 

 well convinced that it is the same edition with 

 a new title-page. The ornaments, catch-words, 

 broken type, &c. all correspond; and therefore 

 it is highly probable that all the editions up 

 to that of 1631 at least, are the 1624 edition 

 merely with new titles and altered maps. 



In the title the 1631 edition differs from that 

 of 1627 only in the date. The Map of Virginia 

 has " 1695 " in the r. t. corner. The Map of the 

 Summer Isles has in addition "Peniston's Re- 

 doute," and ''Printed by James Reeve." The 

 Map of New England has in place of "Charles 

 Prince," "Charles nowe King"; and in place 

 of "Printed by Geor. Low," has "Printed by 

 James Reeve;" there are also more islands at 

 the mouth of the river Charles. 



The I generall historie of ' Virginia, 



New-England, and the Summer | Isles: 

 with the names of the Adventurers, | 

 Planters, and Governours from their | 

 first beginning An» : 1584. to this | 

 present 1626. | With the Procedings 



