An account of the province of Carolina in America
Subtitle: Together with an abstract of the patent, and several other necessary and useful particulars, to such as have thoughts of transporting themselves thither
By: Published for their information
Contributors: Lamb, Francis
Publisher: Printed by G. Larkin for Francis Smith, at the Elephant and Castle in Cornhil
Published: 1682
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 27
Subjects: Description and travel; Emigration and immigration; Maps; Colonization tracts
Other titles: Abstract of the pattent granted by the King, the 30th of June, in the 17th year of his reign, under the broad seal of England, unto Edward Earl of Clarendon, George Duke of Abermarle, William Earl of Craven, John Lord Berkley, Anthony Lord Ashly, Sir George Carteret, and Sir John Colleton, knights and barronets, and Sir William Berkeley knight, their heirs and assigns.
Notes: Dedication p. [1-4], signed: Your Lordships most faithful and obliged, humble servent, Samuel Wilson.

Four issues were printed in London by G. Larkin for Francis Smith in the same year: three of the first edition, this is the second issue which has the page misnumbering as above; the first issue has pagination 9, 9-10, 12-13, 13-14, 16-24, p. 27, p. 25, p. 26, [1] p. and sometimes has the map entitled "A new description of Carolina by order of the Lords Proprietors"; the third which has all page misnumberings corrected; and the second edition, which includes a map of Carolina, either engraved by James Moxon or Francis Lamb.

"An abstract of the pattent granted by the King, the 30th of June, in the 17th year of his reign, under the broad seal of England, unto Edward Earl of Clarendon, George Duke of Abermarle, William Earl of Craven, John Lord Berkley, Anthony Lord Ashly, Sir George Carteret, and Sir John Colleton, knights and barronets, and Sir William Berkeley knight, their heirs and assigns", p. 21-24, p. 27, p. 25, and p. 26, 1st through 4th counts, has separate caption title.

Church calls for a folded map entitled "A new description of Carolina" engraved by Francis Lamb to be bound with this work.

Signatures: A-C⁴ (A1, C2 versos blank) D²

Title page printed within double rule.

Vail, R.W.G. Voice of the old frontier, 216.

Church, E.D. Catalogue of books relating to the discovery and early history of North and South America, 678.

Bibliotheca Americana: catalogue of the John Carter Brown Library in Brown University, books printed 1675-1700, p. 111-112.

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), W2932.

European Americana, 682/202.

English short title catalogue, R14591.

Purchase; 1846; 0526.