[Rarebooks] FS: Important 18th c. German survey of America

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IMPORTANT 18TH CENTURY GERMAN SURVEY

(AMERICANA) [Schroter, Johann F.] ALGEMEINE GESCHICHTE DER LANDER UND 
VOLKER VON AMERICA. Nebst einer Vorrede Siegmund Jacob Baumgartens. Mit Vielen 
Kupfern. Halle: Johann Justinus Gebauer. 1752-1753. 2 volumes. 4to. 
(46),688;(22),905,(63)pp. Index. Illustrated with 68 copper engraved maps (8) and 
plates, many folding. Complete. Cont. full vellum. Minor chip at the top of the 
spine of Vol. I, otherwise a beautiful set.        $4,500.00 (trade discount 
allowed)
Compiled and translated by Schroter from French sources such as Lafiteau, 
Charlevoix, and Rochefort, as well as other writers. A very complete survey 
of 18th century knowledge concerning the native peoples of North and South 
America, presented to the German audience. Baumgartens' foreword contains a 
bibliography of the New World. See Sabin 77989 (wrong plate count of "60 
plates"); New Howes S203.

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