The History and Present State of Virginia, in four parts . By a native and inhabitant of the place

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Author: Robert Beverley Jr (1667-1722) Year: 1705 Publisher: Printed for R. Parker Place: London Description: [12]+ 19+[errata+104+40+64+83 pages with engraved frontispiece, fourteen engraved plates, all by Gribelin and folding letterpress table. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 4 3/4") bound in contemporary style leather with five raised spine bands with gilt lettering to spine and blind stamped decorative cover. ( Church 821; European Americana, 705/21; Field 122 (later edition); Howes B410; Pilling, Algonquian, p. 43; Sabin 5112; Streeter sale 2:1098; Vail 297) First edition. Robert Beverley, best known, as author of The History and Present State of Virginia, In Four Parts (1705), the first published history of a British colony by a native of North America. Beverley worked as a clerk in Jamestown using family connections to advance politically while acquiring substantial wealth. In 1703 he sailed to England to appeal a suit he lost before the General Court, and there he penned his history, a collection of personal history, official accounts, and material borrowed from others. Beverley self-consciously identified himself as a Virginian and used the books to settle political scores. In particular, he was highly critical of Lieutenant Governor Francis Nicholson, who made sure that Beverley lost his positions as clerk of the House of Burgesses and of King and Queen County. In his later years, Beverley retired to his large estate, Beverley Park, where he experimented with wine-making. Wh

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