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<dl><dd>Virgules replaced by commas in title page transcription</dd>
<dd>Imprint fictitious; probably printed secretly in Germany, though according to European Americana, the suggested place of publication is Frankfurt am Main</dd>
<dd>Attributed to Johann Wilhelm von Stubenberg, by Weller's Lexicon Pseudonymorum, Kress, and the Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexicon, who used this pseudonym, but died in 1663</dd>
<dd>Dünnhaupt has attributed the possible authorship of this work to Hermann Conring, which is also unlikely as he died in 1681</dd>
<dd>According to the Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachraum erschienenen Drucke des 17. Jahrhunderts (VD17), the pseudonym used for this work cannot be resolved</dd>
<dd>Includes some references to America: on p. 30 there is an account of the Spanish silver fleet in the West Indies in 1643 or 1644; also includes a reference to Christopher Columbus on p. 32</dd>
<dd>Signatures: A-F⁴ (A1 verso blank) G² (G2 verso blank)</dd>
<dd>Woodcut head and tail pieces; initials</dd>
<dd>German Baroque literature</dd>
<dd>Dünnhaupt, G. Bibliographisches Handbuch der Barockliteratur</dd>
<dd>Kress Library of Business and Economics. Catalogue, with data upon cognate items in other Harvard libraries</dd>
<dd>Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachraum erschienenen Drucke des 17. Jahrhunderts</dd>
<dd>European Americana</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy quarter bound in later paper and marbled paper-covered boards</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Sophia Augusta Brown Fund</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Columbus, Christopher; Money supply; Imprint 1689</div>
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<dl><dd>unknown</dd>
<dd>Fortunatus, Infortunatus</dd>
<dd>Stubenberg, Johann Wilhelm, Graf von, 1619-1663</dd>
<dd>Conring, Hermann, 1606-1681</dd></dl></div>
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