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Place of publication suggested by Alden.
Edition statement appears before statement of responsibility on title page.
Actuality the sixth French edition. The fifth French edition was printed in Geneva, 1599.Cf. Moraes.
This edition is a reissue of the fifth French edition with an altered imprint date.
First printed La Rochelle, 1578.
The author gives an account of Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon's colony in Brazil and the Tupi Indians who inhabited the country.
"Colloque de l'entree ou arriuee en la terre du Bresil, entre les gens du pais nommez Tououpinambaoults, & Toupinenkins en langage sauuage & François", p. 389-422, contains numerous phrases in the Tupi language translated into the French language, a discussion of grammar with examples, and a comparative glossary of words in Tupi and French. There are also numerous words and phrases in the Tupi language scattered throughout the text.
Includes musical notations with words in the Tupi language on p. 173, 188, 307, and 314.
Signatures: a-d⁸ (a1 verso blank) e⁴ ²a-²e⁸ (b4, c4 missigned B4, C4) f-z⁸ 2A-2H⁸ (2G8 blank)
Errata: p. [18], 3rd count.
Includes index.
Woodcut printer's ornament on title page; head and tail pieces; initials.
Moraes, R.B. de. Bib. Brasiliana (1983 ed.), I: p. 472.
Alden, J.E. European Americana, 600/59.
JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675, II:7.
John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: title page soiled with some text obliterated.
John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary pigskin; rebacked.
Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Georg Ulrici Dantiscani: ms. autograph on title page.
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