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Book/Printed Material Graphic sketches from old and authentic works, illustrating the costume, habits, and character, of the aborigines of America Half title from p. [5]: Graphic sketches, part I, the natives of Virginia, by John Wyth, 1585-1588 / 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

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Title

  • 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 Title

  • Half title from p. [5]: Graphic sketches, part I, the natives of Virginia, by John Wyth, 1585-1588
  • 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

Names

  • Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598
  • White, John, active 1585-1593
  • Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • New York : J. and H.G. Langley, 1841.

Headings

  • -  Indians of North America--Virginia
  • -  Indians of North America--Pictorial works
  • -  Indians of North America--Social life and customs
  • -  United States--New York--New York

Notes

  • -  Plates accompanied by leaves with descriptive letterpress.
  • -  The plates are figures in outline from de Bry's engravings, reduced.
  • -  Half-title (p. [5]): Graphic sketches. Part I, The natives of Virginia, by John Wyth. 1585-1588.
  • -  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.
  • -  No more published.
  • -  Checklist Amer. imprints, 41-5507
  • -  Also available in digital form.
  • -  Kislak accession no.: 2000.007.00.0001.
  • -  E78.V7W5 Copy 1 on LCCN 01006531 was the same copy as E78.V7W5 Copy 1 on this record (LCCN 01016532); LCCN 01006531deleted. vj17 2007-02-01

Medium

  • 15 p., [23] leaves, 24 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E78.V7 W5
  • E78.V7 W5 Copy 2 Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 01016532

Online Format

  • online text
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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Bry, Theodor De, John White, and Jay I. Kislak Collection. 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. New York: J. and H.G. Langley, 1841. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/01016532/.

APA citation style:

Bry, T. D., White, J. & Jay I. Kislak Collection. (1841) 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. New York: J. and H.G. Langley. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/01016532/.

MLA citation style:

Bry, Theodor De, John White, and Jay I. Kislak Collection. 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. New York: J. and H.G. Langley, 1841. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/01016532/>.