History of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647, in Two Volumes. [Plimoth]From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts. [Plymouth]

xvi, [2], 452; xiii, [1], 462 pp. 8vo. Frontispiece in first volume is a facsimile of Bradford letter to John Winthrop, color frontispiece portrait of Bradford in second volume. The best edition of the work taken from Bradford's original manuscript, detailing the voyage of the Mayflower and the settlement of Plymouth Plantation, including many of the hardships the early settlers faced. Bradford was a founding member of Plymouth Plantation and became its second governor. It remains an important early source for historians of colonial America, and was a strong influence on future writers of history and religion, most notably Cotton Mather. According to the preface, despite the existence of "four distinct editions" issued between 1856 and 1908 "In the present edition of the Bradford History the text is printed in its entirety for the first time."