A brief description of New-York: formerly called New-Netherlands
Subtitle: With the places thereunto adjoyning. Together with the manner of its scituation, fertility of the soyle, healthfulness of the climate, and the commodities thence produced. Also some directions and advice to such as shall go thither: an account of what commodities they shall take with them; the profit and pleasure that may accrew to them thereby. Likewise a brief relation of the customs of the Indians there
By: By Daniel Denton..
Publisher: Printed for John Hancock, at the first shop in Popes Head-Alley in Cornhil, at the three Bibles, and William Bradley at the three Bibles in the Minories
Published: 1670
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 21
Subjects: Indians of North America; Catalogs, Booksellers'; Description and travel
Notes: According to Church, this is the first account of New York, printed in English.

For an account of all known copies of this work see "Daniel Denton's Brief description of New York ... a bibliographical essay by Felix Neumann." [New York, 1902] Reprinted from the Publishers' weekly, May 24, June 14, 1902, v. 61.

Two states of page 13 are known: in the first, the catchword reads "Coll."; in the second, it reads "Colonel".

Also contains brief descriptions of Maryland and Delaware.

Signatures: A-C⁴ (A1 blank, A2 verso blank) D² (D2 verso blank).

Publisher's advertisement: 9 lines on page 21.

Woodcut head pieces; initials..

Vail, R.W.G. Voice of the old frontier, 157

Baer, E. Seventeenth century Maryland: a bibliography, 66

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 19611

Church, E.D. Catalogue of books relating to the discovery and early history of North and South America, 608

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed. 1994), D1062

Bibliotheca Americana: catalogue of the John Carter Brown Library in Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, III: pages 194-195

European Americana, 670/52

English short title catalogue, R12462

Purchase; 1846; 0496.

Purchase; 1866; 03331.