Description
- Notes:
- abgebildet durch Erasmum Francisci, Hochgräfl. Hohenloh-Langenburgis. Rath.
- Virgules replaced by commas in title page transcription.
- Added engraved title page reads: Der Höllische Proteus.
- First printed in Nuremberg, 1690.
- Contains references to Indian folklore of Peru, the West Indies; also includes references to folklore of Iceland.
- Signatures: pi1 (pi1 recto blank) ):(⁸ (-):(8) ):():(⁸ ):():():(⁸ A-4C⁸ (3X2 missigned 3X) 4D⁶
- Includes index.
- Title page printed in red and black; woodcut head and tail pieces; initials.
- Cf. Jantz, H. German Baroque, 1013.
- Text primarily in German with some passages in Latin and notes in Greek.
Citation
"Der Höllische Proteus, oder Tausendkünstige Versteller:
vermittelst Erzehlung der vielfältigen Bild-Verwechslungen Erscheinender Gespenster, Werffender und poltrender [sic] Geister, gespenstischer Vorzeichen der Todes-Fälle, wie auch Andrer abentheurlicher Händel, arglistiger Possen, und seltsamer Aufzüge dieses verdammten Schauspielers, und, von theils Gelehrten, für den menschlichen Lebens-Geist irrig-angesehenen Betriegers, (nebenst vorberichtlichem Grund-Beweis der Gewissheit, dass es würcklich Gespenster gebe)
"
(1708).
John Carter Brown Library.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:580079/
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