[BLOME, RICHARD]. The Present State Of His Majesties Isles and Territories in America. London: Printed by H. Clark for Dolman Newman 1687. 8vo, early (contemporary?) calf, spine worn, outer joints cracked, some light foxing. Third Edition, greatly enlarged, but the first under this title, engraved frontispiece portrait of James II, engraved plate for setting sundials, and 7 engraved folding maps (6 by Robert Morden) of Jamaica (a few small stains, a small tear in a blank area repaired), Barbados, Bermuda, Carolina, New York (bound upside down), Northwest America, and Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, etc., 3 leaves of publisher's advertisements at end.

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[BLOME, RICHARD]. The Present State Of His Majesties Isles and Territories in America. London: Printed by H. Clark for Dolman Newman 1687. 8vo, early (contemporary?) calf, spine worn, outer joints cracked, some light foxing. Third Edition, greatly enlarged, but the first under this title, engraved frontispiece portrait of James II, engraved plate for setting sundials, and 7 engraved folding maps (6 by Robert Morden) of Jamaica (a few small stains, a small tear in a blank area repaired), Barbados, Bermuda, Carolina, New York (bound upside down), Northwest America, and Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, etc., 3 leaves of publisher's advertisements at end.

"A popular but unreliable guide which did much to attract emigration to these shores"--Howes B 546 (a "b" rating); Sabin 5872; Wing B3215.

Provenance: Edwin Stanton Fickes and Frederick Spiegelberg, bookplates.