Possibly issued as part of the author's Nuclei historiae universalis, printed in two volumes in Augsburg and Ulm, 1664, and/or Historiae universalis cum sacrae, tum profanae nucleus, first printed Ulm, 1664.

Title page printed primarily in Latin with one word in German.

This volume contains no chronological entries of American interest.

Woodcut map with title "Extemporanea praecpuorum Germaniae locorum geographica adu[m]bratio" is counted as gathering A1, p. [1], 2nd count.

Contains genealogical tables of the Schavenstein family on p. [7-9], 1st count.

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Woodcut vignette of cherub on title page; head and tail pieces; initials.