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<date>1598</date>
<subject>Festival books</subject>
<subject>Cannibalism</subject>
<subject>Aztec gods</subject>
<subject>Maya gods</subject>
<subject>Indians of North America</subject>
<subject>Imprint 1598</subject>
<title>Historische Beschreibung der fürstlichen Kindtauff Fräwlein Elisabethen zu Hessen &c. : Welche im Augusto dess 1596 Jahrs zu Cassel gehalten worden mit beygelegten Abrissen der Ritterspiele so damals vollnbracht,</title>
<creator>Dilich, Wilhelm, -1655</creator>
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<publisher>Gedruckt zu Cassel : durch Wilhelm Wessel</publisher>
<description>Virgules replaced by commas in title page transcription</description>
<description>A second edition was printed by Wilhelm Wessel in Kassel in 1601</description>
<description>A record of the festival and tournament held in Kassel in August 1596 in honor of the baptism of Elizabeth of Hessen-Kassel</description>
<description>"Erster part der achten inuention von America", p. 42-46, includes a history of the voyages to America with sections on cannibals, Brazil, Mexican gods, and "naked" Virginians</description>
<description>Illustrations include depictions of American Indians playing instruments, and an Amazon</description>
<description>Text primarily in German with prefatory and other material in Latin</description>
<description>Text and illustrations by Wilhelm Dilich</description>
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<description>Signatures: most gatherings consist of two leaves and are signed [dagger]</description>
<description>Errors in paging: p. 35 misnumbered 31</description>
<description>Errata slip pasted following text on p. 81</description>
<description>Engraved and woodcut head pieces; initials</description>
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<description>John Carter Brown Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Wroth Fund</description>
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<publicdate>2015-08-12 17:36:47</publicdate>
<updatedate>2015-08-12 18:27:33</updatedate>
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<notes>No copyright, table of contents, chapters.</notes>
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