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Admiranda narratio fida tamen, de commodis et incolarum ritibus Virginiae, nuper admodum ab Anglis, qui à Dn. Richardo Greinvile equestris ordinis viro eò in coloniam anno M.D.LXXXV. : Deducti sunt inuentae, sumtus faciente Dn. VValtero Raleigh equestris ordinis viro fodinaru[m] stanni praefecto ex auctoritate serenissimae Reginae Angliae.

Harriot, Thomas, 1560-1621, Clusius, Carolus, 1526-1609, White, John, active 1585-1593, Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598 · 1608 · Francoforti ad Moenum : Typis Ioannis Wecheli, sumptibus vero Theodor de Bry anno CIC IC XC. Venales reperiuntur in officina Sigismundi Feirabendii · 19 pictures

A 1608 Latin edition printed at Frankfurt by Johann Wechel for Theodor de Bry, describing Virginia from John White's and Thomas Harriot's accounts, with Clusius credited, and aimed at scholarly and European readers. The pictures are black-and-white woodcut ornamental strapwork bands and a central mask cartouche with dense scrolls, foliage and grotesque figures, a model for designers working on decorative borders, panels and engraved frames.

Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618 · Indians of North America · Picts · Imprint 1608

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