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Grammar, Mapuche language, Indian linguistics, Glossaries, vocabularies, Taino language, Indians of the West Indies, Natural history, Social life and customs, Guarani language, Indians of North America, Tupi language, Indians of South America, German Encyclopedias and dictionaries, World history, Geography, CosmographyEdition | Availability |
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Virgules replaced by commas in title page transcriptions.
Volume 1 printed in 1687; vol. 2 printed in 1688; vol. 3 printed in 1689.
Title page of vol. 2 reads: Everhardi Guerneri Happelii Mundus mirabilis tripartiti, oder, Wunderbare Welt in einer kurtzen Cosmographia fürgestellet, anderer Theil, Welcher handelt von den Menschen auf der Welt, von ihren Dignitäten, Potentaten, Religionen, Estats-Maximen, Macht, Intraden, Kriegs-Art, Waffen, Policey, Regiments-Geschäfften, Wahl-Ceremonien, Krönungen, Kleidungen, Sitten, hohen Gerichts-Kammern, Sprachen, Schreib-Art, Ritter-und andern Geistlichen Orden, Academien, und was mehr bey der lebenden Welt mag zu erinnern seyn; auch, da es sich schicket, mit merck-würdigen Historien und Exempeln aussgezieret. Ein Werck vor Junge und Alte, Hohe und Niedere, Gelährte und Ungelährte, höchst-nutz-und ergotzlich zu lesen, with imprint: Ulm, druckts und verlegts Matthaeus Wagner, 1688.
"Von den americanischen Sprachen insonderheit", v. 2, p. 1144-1147, contains: "Von den Sprachen auf der Insul Hispaniola", a discussion of an unidentified language, probably the Taino language, with several examples of their vocabulary; "Von der Sprache der Canibalen", a discussion of an unidentified language spoken in South America with several examples of their vocabulary; "Von der brasilianischen Sprach", a discussion of an unidentified language, perhaps Tupi or Mapuche, a small selection of vocabulary and a discussion of its grammar; and "Von der Chilenser Sprache", a discussion of an unidentified language, perhaps Guarani, a small selection of vocabulary and its grammar.
Pagination: v. 1: [18], 800, [28] p., [17] leaves of plates (8 folded), [1] folded leaf; v. 2: [12], 577, 576-591, 594-1154, [24] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded); v. 3: [16], 1299, [21] p., [1] leaf of plates.
Signatures: v. 1: pi1 (pi1 verso blank) *² a² b A-5L 5M²; v. 2: pi² (pi1 verso blank) a-b² A-7I 7K² (-7K2)
Includes indexes.
Titles pages printed in red and black; head and tail pieces; initials.
Baginsky, P. German works relating to America, 213.
Palmer, P.M.German works on America, 333.
Muller, F. North and South America, 734.
Faber du Faur, C. von. German Baroque literature, 862.
Jantz, H. German Baroque literature, 1288.
Alden, J.E. European Americana, 687/72.
JCB Lib. cat., 1675-1700, 176.
John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: wanting vol. 3; pagination supplied from the copy held by the New York Public Library.
John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full vellum.
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