Byrd, William, of Westover.

THE WESTOVER MANUSCRIPTS: Containing The History of the Dividing Line betwixt Virginia and North Carolina; A Journey to the Land of Eden, A.D. 1733; and A Progress to the Mines. Written from 1728 to 1736, and now first published.

Petersburg, VA: Printed by Edmund and Julian C. Ruffin, 1841. First edition. Tall 8vo. iv, 143, (1) pp. Map, in text. Sabin 9721. Howes B-1077. Larned 1125: "It is, without question, one of the most delightful of the literary legacies which [the colonial] age has handed down to ours" (quoting Moses Coit Tyler). Persistent foxing, several signatures severely foxed, some old marginal notes and markings in pencil. Twentieth-century crimson crushed morocco, gilt, gilt title and rules on spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. (2428). Item #64588

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