Sir Humfrey Gylberte and His Enterprise of Colonization in America. [Sir Humphrey Gilbert].

SLAFTER, Carlos.

Item Number: 131772

Boston: Published by the Prince Society, 1903.

First limited Prince Society edition of Slafter’s biography of Sir Humphrey Gilbert. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Gilbert. In near fine condition. An attractive example.

Sir Humphrey Gilbert (c. 1539 – 9 September 1583) was an English adventurer, explorer, member of parliament and soldier who served during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and was a pioneer of the English colonial empire in North America and the Plantations of Ireland. He was a maternal half-brother of Sir Walter Raleigh and a cousin of Sir Richard Grenville.