16th & 17th Century Americana
BREREWOOD, Edward (ca 1565-1613). Enquiries Touching the Diversity of Languages and Religions, Through The Chiefe Parts of The World. London: John Bill, 1622. 

Small 4to (185 x 146 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut head-pieces and intitals. (Repair to Q1 just touching shoulder note, 2B2 with marginal repair not touching letters, some browning.) Contemporary vellum, yapp edges (lacking ties, neatly rebacked).

Second edition, A WIDE-MARGINED COPY. The present copy does not include the colophon on the last page of the text found in other copies and is perhaps an earlier state. The work includes several references to America, including several pages devoted to proving that Native Americans were descended from Asians, the earliest work to make that claim. ESTC S106413; Lowndes 262 ("There is considerable learning in this small work"); Sabin 7732.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.