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<dl><dd>Virgules replaced by commas in title page transcription</dd>
<dd>Attributed to Blasius Vitalis Seywald by Palmer and Alden</dd>
<dd>First printed in [Nuremberg?], 1655</dd>
<dd>The account of America on p. 53-56 is actually a description of Japan</dd>
<dd>Signatures: A-E⁸ (A1 verso blank)</dd>
<dd>Woodcut printer's vignette on title page; head and tail pieces; initials</dd>
<dd>Cf. Palmer, P.M. German works on America, 390</dd>
<dd>Alden, J.E. European Americana</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown LIbrary copy imperfect: title page has remnant of red paper wrapper which obscures several words</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy half bound in contemporary vellum with paper covered boards</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Wroth Fund</dd>
<dd>Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Johann Bernhard Herleerstein: ms. autograph on title page; C.W.G.V.N. [identified as Count of Nostitz in book dealer's catalogue]: armorial bookplate on front pastedown</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Geography; Cosmography; Imprint 1680</div>
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<dl><dd>Seywald, Blasius Vitalis, active 17th century</dd>
<dd>Nostitz, Christoph Wentzel, Graf von, 1648-1712. fmo RIBRL</dd></dl></div>
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