New Description of that Fertile and Pleasant Province of Carolina
With a brief account of its discovery, settling, and the government thereof to this time. With several remarkable passages of divine providence during my time.
- London: Printed for John Wyat, 1707
London: Printed for John Wyat, 1707. Full Description:
ARCHDALE, John. A New Description of that Fertile and Pleasant Province of Carolina: With a brief account of its discovery, settling, and the government thereof to this time. With several remarkable passages of divine providence during my time. London: Printed for John Wyat, 1707.
First edition. Small quarto (7 9/16 x 5 7/8 inches; 192 x 150 mm). [6], 32 pp. Bound without half-title, as is common.
Bound by Bedford in full red morocco. Rebacked with spine laid down. Boards triple-ruled in gilt. Spine elaborately stamped and lettered in gilt. Gilt dentelles. Board edges ruled in gilt. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Top edges trimmed close, occasionally touching headline. Overall a very good copy.
John Archdale was a proprietor of the Carolina colony and served as its Governor from 1695 to 1697. He was sent to the colony to settle internal turmoil. Being a member of the Society of Friends, the new governor restored harmony and established regulations pertaining to prices, rent, and other areas that had been points of contention. Archdale has been credited with introducing the cultivation of rice in the Carolinas, one of the region's most important agricultural products. "In 1707, as part of his effort to spur migration to the colony and calm renewed factionalism there, he published a promotional tract (of which several copies survive) entitled A new description of that fertile and pleasant province of Carolina..." (ODNB).
ESTC T124773. Howes A300. Streeter.
HBS 69560.
$15,000.
ARCHDALE, John. A New Description of that Fertile and Pleasant Province of Carolina: With a brief account of its discovery, settling, and the government thereof to this time. With several remarkable passages of divine providence during my time. London: Printed for John Wyat, 1707.
First edition. Small quarto (7 9/16 x 5 7/8 inches; 192 x 150 mm). [6], 32 pp. Bound without half-title, as is common.
Bound by Bedford in full red morocco. Rebacked with spine laid down. Boards triple-ruled in gilt. Spine elaborately stamped and lettered in gilt. Gilt dentelles. Board edges ruled in gilt. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Top edges trimmed close, occasionally touching headline. Overall a very good copy.
John Archdale was a proprietor of the Carolina colony and served as its Governor from 1695 to 1697. He was sent to the colony to settle internal turmoil. Being a member of the Society of Friends, the new governor restored harmony and established regulations pertaining to prices, rent, and other areas that had been points of contention. Archdale has been credited with introducing the cultivation of rice in the Carolinas, one of the region's most important agricultural products. "In 1707, as part of his effort to spur migration to the colony and calm renewed factionalism there, he published a promotional tract (of which several copies survive) entitled A new description of that fertile and pleasant province of Carolina..." (ODNB).
ESTC T124773. Howes A300. Streeter.
HBS 69560.
$15,000.
Details
Title
New Description of that Fertile and Pleasant Province of Carolina
Author
ARCHDALE, John
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
Printed for John Wyat: London
Date
1707