Description
- Notes:
- Introduction signed: Joh. Jacob Martini, Con-Rect. zum Predigern.
- Most of the woodcut illustrations of costume are reprinted from Neu-eröffnetes Amphi-Theatrum, worinnen nach dem uns bekanten gantzen Welt-Creiss, alle Nationen nach ihrem Habit, in saubern Figuren repräsentiret, printed in four volumes from 1723-1728 in Erfurt. The text in this edition is a simplified and shortened version from the five volume work.
- "Kern von America": p. [501]-592.
- Signatures: )(⁸ (-)(8) A-2Q⁸ 2R⁸ (-2R8) 2S⁴ (2S4 verso blank)
- With numerous woodcuts depicting people in their national costumes.
- Title page printed in red and black; head and tail pieces; initials.
- Includes indexes.
Citation
"Neu-eingerichtete und vermehrte Bilder-Geographie, von Europa, Asia, Africa und America:
worinnen alle Nationen nach ihrem Habit in saubern Figuren, anbey die Länder nach ihrer Lage, Flüssen, Climate, Fruchtbarkeit, Beschaffenheit der Einwohner, Religion, vornehmsten Städten, Commercien, Macht, Regiment und Merckwürdigkeiten vorgestellet werden. Nebst einem vollständigen Register
"
(1738).
John Carter Brown Library.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:580766/
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