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British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011-03-24. Paperback. Good.

Shepherd and Colin, 1848. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7Âľ" - 9Âľ" Good in lthr/bds (up cover detached; lacks part/t.p.). 8vo xv+[1]+491 Howes USIANA R-364 ('a'); scarce early Virginia imprint. Bound in 3/4 19th centu ry brown calf over red-brown cockerell boards, brown endpapers, red-brown m arbled edges. Spine worn and rubbed; upper cover detached, lower cover star ting at hinges; slight browning to endpapers; approximately 1 inch strip re moved from head of title page; slight foxing to a few leaves; else a fairly good, tight copy.

Richmond: Printed by Shepherd and Colin, 1848. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. [1], xv, 491 pages. Dark cloth stamped in blind on the boards with gilt lettered title on the spine. Light shelf wear to the cloth covers. Light edge wear to the cloth extremities. Light to moderate scattered foxing to contents. Howes R 364; Sabin 72062; Field 1311 - "This is the second volume of the Virginia Historical Society's Collections, and contains a narration of the principal incidents of Carter's voyages to Canada; De Soto's march through Florida to the Mississippi; Laudonierre and Ribault's accounts of settlements in Florida; the massacre of the settlers and the revenge of the French under De Gurgles, with the description of the natives and their customs which are to be found therin.

ROBINSON, Conway. An Account of Discoveries in the West Until 1519, and of Voyages to and Along the Atlantic Coast of North America, from 1520 to 1573. Richmond: Shepherd & Colin, 1848. 1st ed. xv, 491pp.Slight wear at spine extremities, else a fine, bright copy in orig. cloth. Howes R-364. Becoming increasingly scarce, especially in this condition.

Richmond: Printed by Shepherd and Colin [for the Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society], 1848. First Edition. 1 vols. 4to. Original brown cloth. Head and foot of spine chipped, minor dampstain lower right corner second half of volume not affecting text, else fine. IFormer owner's signature on front flyleaf. First Edition. 1 vols. 4to. Includes chapters on the alleged discovery of America by the Northmen in the eleventh, by the Welch in the twelfth, and by Nicholas and Antonio Zeno in the fourteenth century, on Christopher Columbus, Sebastian Cabot, Americus Vespucius, Juan Ponce de Leon, de Cordova, Gomez, de Vaca and others. Howes R364

Richmond: Printed by Shepherd and Colin, 1848. Prepared for The Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society, by Conway Robinson, and published by the Society. First Edition. Howes R-364. Presentation copy, Presented to William Wilson Corcoran. Octavo, 3/4 morocco & marbled boards, with a gilt-stamped leather label on the front cover identifying this copy as “Presented to W. W. Corcoran by the Virginia Historical Society,” [16], 491 pp. William Wilson Corcoran was a banker, philanthropist, and art collector. His collection was the foundaton for the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Front joint is rubbed and just beginning to separate at head.

Richmond, 1848. xv,[1],491pp. Original blindstamped brown cloth, spine gilt. Small chip at foot of spine. Slight stain on top edge of rear pages, else near fine. Includes chapters on the Norsemen, Columbus, Vespucci, De Soto, Cabot, and much, much more. Published for the Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society. HOWES R364. SWEM 15880.