Nebst einer Vorrede Siegmund Jacob Baumgartens ... ; Mit vielen Kupfern.
Compiled and translated from several sources by J.F. Schröter, whose initials appear at the end of the dedication.
Signatures: v. 1: a (-a4) b-f A-4R; v. 2: a-b c (-c4) A-6F 6G² (-6G2)
Vol. 1: [46], 688 p., [43] leaves of plates; v. 2: [22], 248, 247-905, [63] p., [25] leaves of plates (11 folded)
Each v. has printer's device as title vignette.
In 2 parts, with special part title pages, v. 1, p. [29], 1st count, and v. 1, p. [505], 2nd count.
Vol. 1, p. 368 misnumbered 836.
Cf. Brown, J.C. Cat., 1493-1800, III: 967.
A compilation from various sources, principally the following - v. 1. Transl. of complete text and plates, re-engraved, of J.A. Lafitau. Moeurs Des Sauvages Ameriquains (1st pub. Paris, 1724): p. [25]-[42], 1-504; "Chronologisches Verzeichnis der Entdeckungen der neuen Welt", transl. of "Fastes chronologiques" in P.F.X. de Charlevoix. Histoire Et Description Générale De La Nouvelle France (1st pub. Paris, 1744): p. 507-542; v. 2. "Neuere Beschaffenheit von Peru", from "Reise nach dem Königreiche Peru" in vol. 9 of [J.J. Schwabe] Allgemeine Historie der Reisen zu Wasser und Lande (Leipzig, 1751), transl. from part of Antonio de Ulloa and Jorge Juan y Santacilia. Relación histórica del viage a la América Meridional (1st pub. Madrid, 1748): p. 352-374; "Von Neufrankreich und Louisiana", an outline transl. from part of Charlevoix, Histoire (1744, 3 vols., as above), vol. 3, Journal: p. 478-560: "Von der Insel Hispaniola oder Sant Domingo", 3 plates, re-engraved, and selected text transl. from P.F.X. de Charlevoix. Histoire De L'Isle Espagnole Ou De S. Domingue (1st pub. Paris, 1730-31, 2 v.): p. 599-647; "Beschreibung der Insel Jamaica", transl. of complete text and plates, re-engraved, of [C. Leslie] Histoire De La Jamaique (Londres, 1751, 1st pub. under title: A New And Exact Account of Jamaica, Edinburgh, 1739): p. 729-806.
"Beschreibung von Brasilien," including an Indian vocabulary, Brazilian-German, v. 2, p. 412-416.
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