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Names: Baerle, Caspar van, 1584-1648 (Author)
Dates / Origin: Date Issued: 1647; Place: Amstelodami; Publisher: ex typographeio I. Blaev
Library locations: Rare Book Division; Shelf locator: *KB+++ 1647 (Baerle, K. van. Casparis Barlæi)
Topics: Johan Maurits, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, 1604-1679; Brazil -- History -- Dutch Conquest, 1624-1654; Brazil -- Description and travel; Chile -- History -- 1565-1810; Chile -- Description and travel; Tapuya Indians; Mapuche Indians; Mapuche language
Genres: Illustrations; Books
Notes: Citation/reference: Sabin 3408; JCB, 1919, II, 350; Rodrigues 334; Content: Illus. half-title, engr. (Res Brasiliæ imperante illvstmo. comite) with the prince's arms and those of Brazil; Bibliography: This edition is rare, "most of the copies having been consumed by a fire, which destroyed the warehouses of Bleau [sic], the publisher."--Sabin, Bibl. amer., v. 1, p. 450; "Vocabula chilensia": p. 283-289.; Content: Title vignette: printer's mark (Bibliotheca Belgica, ser. 2, t. 18. Amsterdam: Blaeu 7).; Content: Portrait signed: Th. Matham fecit. Most of the plates signed: F. Post, and many dated 1645. In this copy the second plate has a figure on the scaffolding in the upper right-hand corner.; Numbering: The map of Chili (with imprint: Amstelodami Guiljelmus Blaeuw excudit) is not included in the numbering of the plates.; Content: "Casparis Barlæi Mavritivs redvx. Sive Gratvlatio ad excellentissimum & illustrissimum comitem I. Mavritivm, comitem Nassaviæ ... Cum ex orbe Americano in Europæum sospes appulisset," in verse, p. 334-340.; Content: Copy 1: Plates 1-4, 33, unnumbered, pl. 8-9, 26, 38-40, 48, 50, 52-53 numbered in ms; ownership: Lenox; Content: Copy 2: The second plate is without figure on the scaffolding; plates 1-4, 55, unnumbered;imperfect: stubbed throughout, water-stained; bound in comtemporary vellum, gilt stamped; with stamp: Le Mis de Courtanvaux; ownership: 10068; Content: Copy 3: The second plate is without the figure on the scaffolding; plates 1-4, 50 unnumbered; imperfect: stubbed throughout; bound in contemporary vellum, gilt stamped; ownership: Astor
Physical Description: Extent: 6 p.l., 340, [8] p. incl. diagr., port. 55 [i.e. 56] pl. (incl maps, plans) 45 cm.
Type of Resource: Text; Still image
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14293996; Library of Congress Control Number: 02016513; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bf385650-c61a-012f-6b26-58d385a7bc34