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<dl><dd>Virgules replaced by commas in title page transcription</dd>
<dd>A continuation of the author's: Gründlicher und warhaffter Bericht von dem Ursprung der Kometen, derselben Natur, Gestalt, Zeit, Farb, Grösse, und Lauff, first printed Augsburg, 1681</dd>
<dd>Includes mentions of the sighting of a comet in California, Florida, Mexico, Nicaragua, and various places in South America and the West Indies in 1680. Also includes a mention of Christopher Columbus' use of the solar eclipse of 1493 to gain the cooperation of the Indians in Hispaniola</dd>
<dd>Signatures: A-C⁴ (A1 verso blank) D²</dd>
<dd>Errata: following text on p. [28]</dd>
<dd>Woodcut vignette of stylized planetary bodies on title page; head and tail pieces</dd>
<dd>JCB Lib. cat., 1675-1700</dd>
<dd>Alden, J.E. European Americana</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy bound as 1st item of 2 with: Gründlicher und warhaffter Bericht von dem Ursprung der Kometen, derselben Natur, Gestalt, Zeit, Farb, Grösse, und Lauff / by Johann Christoph Wagner, Augsburg, 1681</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy has very bottom of title page folded up into text block</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy half bound in vellum with marbled boards</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Columbus, Christopher; Comets; Solar eclipses; Solar eclipses; Imprint 1681</div>
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<dl><dd>Wagner, Johann Christoph, 1640-</dd>
<dd>Wagner, Johann Christoph, 1604-. Gründlicher und warhaffter Bericht von dem Ursprung der Kometen, derselben Natur, Gestalt, Zeit, Farb, Grösse, und Lauff</dd></dl></div>
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