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Historische Beschreibung der Antillen Inseln in America gelegen: in sich begreiffend deroselben Gelegenheit, darinnen befindlichen natürlichen Sachen, sampt deren Einwohner Sitten und Gebräuchen mit 45. Kupfferstücken gezieret
1668, In Verlegung Wilhelm Serlins, Buchdruckers und Buchhandlers.
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Translation of the 2nd (1665) ed. of: Histore naturelle et morale des iles Antilles de l'Amerique.
Added, engraved t.p. reads: Beschreibüng der Antillen Insüln.
Title page of v. 2 reads: Historische Beschreibung der Antillen Inseln in America gelegen. Das andere Buch, handelend von den Sitten und Gebraüchen der Einwohner dieser Inseln. Franckfurth. In Verlegung Wilhelm Serlins, Buchtruckers und Buchhändlers, 1668.
Authorship from Echeverria & Wilkie. Has also been attributed to César de Rochefort and to Louis de Poincy.
Signatures: v. 1: a¹² (-a¹²) A-S¹² T⁶ (T5 verso, T6 blank); v. 2: )(⁶ A-X¹² Y⁶ a¹² b⁶
Vol. 1: [22], 430, [14] p., [46] leaves of plates; v. 2: [12], 514, 31, [2] p.
Cf. Echeverria & Wilkie. French image, 658/3.
Cf. Cundall, F. Bib. of the West Indies, p. 99.
Includes a chapter on the Apalachee Indians of the southwestern United States, and a glossary, by Raymond Breton, of the Carib language.
Errata note, v. 2, p. [1-2] at end.
Echeverria & Wilkie. French image, 668/3.
JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675, III, p. 175.
Alden, J.E. European Americana, 668/146.
John Carter Brown Library copy: Lacks v. 2; description based on Boston College copy. Vol. 1 imperfect, lacks p. 265-288 (gathering M), and 16 plates. The missing pages and 15 of the plates are supplied in facsimile. Bound in contemporary calf.
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