The Drake Manuscript with introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg, foreword by Patrick O'Brian and translations by Ruth S. Kraemer. This is a full-color facsimile of the Histoire naturelle des Indes now held in the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York. This superb manuscript provides a vivid panorama of early European perceptions of the New World. 272 pp., xxii, and 200 illustrations from the watercolor paintings. Published by Andre Deutsch Ltd, London, 1996 (8.2 x 12"). Hardcover in moss green linen, gold lettering on spine, with dust jacket. The New World by Stefan Lorant is a history of the first French and English settlements on eastern North American seaboards from eyewitness accounts including those of John White and Le Moyne. Heavily illustrated in b/w and color with the water colors of John White (1585), de Bry's engravings of the Virginia and Florida settlements, and excerpts from Thomas Hariot's "New Found Land of Virginia" (1588). 292 pp., index, bibliography. First edition, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, NY, 1946 (9.5 x 12.5"). Hardbound in beige linen with gilt map on front cover, publisher's slipcase.

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First is mint. Second is very good except that slipcase is well worn and starting to separate.