Noua Britannia, offring most excellent fruites by planting in Virginia
Subtitle: exciting all such as be well affected to further the same
Contributors: Macham, Samuel, -1615, bookseller; Windet, John, -1610, printer; Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed for Samuel Macham, and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard, at the signe of the Bul-head
Published: 1609
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Description and travel
Other titles: Nova Britannia, offring most excellent fruites by planting in Virginia
Notes: Dedication signed: R.I., i.e. Robert Johnson.

STC (2nd ed.) names J. Windet as printer.

Signatures: A-E⁴ (A1 and E4) blank.

The Church Catalogue distinguishes six different issues of this tract; this is the second one listed there, with the title page showing the spelling of "offring", no head-piece with the royal arms, a woodcut of an armed ship under full sail, and the head-piece of the dedication has a human figure, without legs, flanked by two beasts with human heads.

LC copy imperfect; lacking first and last blank leaves.

Church, E.D.  Discovery, 338

ESTC (RLIN) S109170

Sabin 36284

STC (2nd ed.) 14699.3

Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation; LC copy has tipped in a manuscript order signed by Thomas Smythe, the dedicatee, in 1613 and a folded leaf with ms. text on both sides, entitled: Tracts relating to Virginia 1602. 1615 Brit Mus; bookplate of Lord Strangford, a nephew of Smythe, with Strangford arms blind stamped on front cover.