Bry, Theodor De, Thomas Hariot, and John White

[HARIOT'S VIRGINIA]. WUNDERBARLICHE, DOCH WARHAFFTIGE ERKLÄRUNG, VON DER GELEGENHEIT UND SITTEN DER WILDEN IN VIRGINIA ... ERSTLICH IN ENGELLÄNDISCHER SPRACH BESCHRIEBEN DURCH THOMAM HARIOT. FRANKFURT: JOHANN WECHEL FOR THEODOR DE BRY AND SIGISMUND FEIRABEND, 1590

Title page to text with two pasted on paper panels bearing the title and publishing details in German, all within an engraved surround (as issued), letterpress title to plates, engraved arms on dedication leaf, blank D6, colophon leaf F5, blank D6. ILLUSTRATION: 1 double-page engraved map of Virginia (Burden 76, state 2), 1 engraved plate of Adam and Eve (first state with inscription "Iodocus a Winghe in / / Theodore de Bry fe"), 27 engraved plates after John White (including 5 plates of Picts), all finely hand-colored by a contemporary hand.

Folio (13 1/8 x 9 in.; 334 x 229 mm). BINDING: Expertly bound to style in 18th-century red morocco, covers with triple gilt fillet border, spine with raised bands in seven compartments, bands highlighted with gilt hatching, lettered in the second compartment, the others with repeat decoration of small tools around a central flower-spray tool, marbled endpapers, red stained edges.

Some spotting and offsetting, occasional closed marginal tears, a few plates trimmed and with spots affecting images.