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<dl><dd>Caspar Plautius used the pseud. Honorius Philoponus so that he could dedicate the work to himself</dd>
<dd>Published in Linz. Cf. Der amerikanischen neuen Welt Beschreibung ... / H.J. Wynkelmann. Oldenburg, 1664, p. 30</dd>
<dd>In one state the collation is: )(⁴ A-N⁴ [)(4 and N4 blank]. The preliminaries include the title page, dedication (2nd and 3rd leaves). The end matter, "In annotationem bibliopolæ" appears on verso of leaf N3. In another state the collation is )(⁴ 2)(² A-N⁴. The preliminaries include the title page, dedication (2nd and 3rd leaves), "Ad lectorom", (3rd - 4th leaves), plate labelled "Ads finem præfationis ad lectorem", and "Observatio de magnete nautico" (5th and 6th leaves). Verso of leaf N3 has: "In primis"; N4 recto has "Ordinis S.P. Benedicti" and "In annotationem bibliopolæ"; N4 verso has errata statement</dd>
<dd>Engraved title page</dd>
<dd>Some copies contain at the end of the volume an extra folded plate of Columbus and crew dated 1622</dd>
<dd>Specimen of Indian music is given on pages 35-36</dd>
<dd>Errata statement: leaf N4 verso</dd>
<dd>JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675</dd>
<dd>Alden, J.E. European Americana</dd>
<dd>Sabin</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy 1 has collation: )(⁴ 2)(² A-N⁴</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy 2 has collation: )(⁴ 2)(² A-N⁴. Lacks plate 15, but has the extra plate of Columbus at the end</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy 3 has collation: )(⁴ A-N⁴ ()(4 and N4 blank)</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Benedictines; Indians; Indians of the West Indies; Imprint 1621</div>
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Philoponus, Honorius</div>
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