New-Englands | Plantation. | Or, | A Short and Trve | Description of the | Commodities and | Discommodities | of that Countrey. | Written by Mr. Higgeson, a reuerend Diuine | now there resident. | Whereunto is added a Letter, sent by Mr. Graues | an Enginere, out of New-England, | The second Edition enlarged. | [Printer’s ornament] | London, | Printed by T. & R. Cotes, for Michael Sparke, | dwelling at the Signe of the Blew Bible in | Greene Arbor in the little Old Bailey. | 1630. |
Small 4to. 27 unnumbered pages. Collation: Title (1), reverse blank; To the Reader, signed M. S. (1), reverse blank; New-Englands Plantajon (23); ends “Fjnjs.” Signatures, B (beginning with “New-Englands Plantajon”)- D(4)
Third Edition
New-Englands | Plantation. | or, | A Short and True | Description of the | Commodities and | Discommodities | of that Countrey. | Written by Mr. Higgeson, a reuerend Diuine | now there resident. | Whereunto is added a Letter, sent by Mr. Graues | an enginere, out of New England, | The Third Edition, enlarged. | [Printer’s ornament] | London. | Printed by T. and R. Cotes, for Michael Sparke, dwelling | at the Signe of the Blue Bible in Greene-Arbor, 1630. |
Small 4to. 23 numbered pages. Collation: Title (1), reverse, To the Reader, signed M. S. (2); New-Englands Plantation (3-17); [Ornament] A Letter sent from New-England, by Master Graues, engynere now there resident (18-19); A Catalogue of such needfull things as euery Planter doth or ought to Prouide to go to New-England, etc. (20-21); The names of the most remarkable places in New-England (22-23); ends “Fjnjs.” Signatures, A7; 1 leaf, B-D in 4s.
Copies of the several editions are preserved in the following libraries:
First Edition.
Harvard University Library.
Essex Institute Library, Salem, Mass. (This copy has title-page and last leaf in fac-simile.)
John Carter Brown Library, Providence, R. I.