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Record Nr.

UNISA996396308503316

Autore

Joannes <ca. 1485-1535.>

Titolo

[The manners, lavves, and customes of all nations. Collected out of the best vvriters by Ioannes Boemus Aubanus, a Dutch-man. With many other things of the same argument, gathered out of the historie of Nicholas Damascen. The like also out of the history of America, or Brasill, written by Iohn Lerius. The faith, religion and manners of the Aethiopians, and the deploration of the people of Lappia, compiled by Damianus à Goes With a short disourse of the Aethiopians, taken out of Ioseph Scaliger his seuenth booke de Emendatione temporum. Written in Latin, and now newly translated into English. By Ed. Aston.] [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London, : Printed by G. Eld, 1610]

Descrizione fisica

[16], 408, 449-589, [3] p

Altri autori (Persone)

AstonEdward <b. 1573 or 4.>

Soggetti

Geography

Manners and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from variant edition (STC 3198.5.); imprint from STC.

The first part is a translation of books 1-3 of: Omnium gentium mores.

With extracts from "Historia universalis" by Nicolaus Damascenus, "Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil" by Jean de Léry; and "Fides, religio, moresque Aethiopum" by Damiaõ de Góis.

With three final contents pages.

A variant of the 1611 edition with both Eld's and Burton's names in the imprint.

Imperfect; lacks title page.

Reproduction of the original in the Cambridge University Library.

Sommario/riassunto

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