| Record ID | cp011192 |
| Voet reference number | 2225 |
| Museum Plantin-Moretus | |
| Author | Hans STADEN VON HOMBORCH |
| Title page transcription | WARACHTI- ‖ GE HISTORIE ENDE BE- ‖ SCHRIVINGE EENS LANTS IN ‖ America ghelegen, vviens invvoonders vvilt, ‖ naeckt, seer godloos, ende vvreede ‖ menschen eters sijn. ‖ Beschreuen door Hans Staden van Homborch wt lant van ‖ Hessen, die welcke seluer in persoone ‖ het landt America besocht heeft. ‖ Vt den Hoochduysch ouer gheset. ‖ ⊕ 6 ‖ TANTVVERPEN, ‖ By Christoffel Plantijn, indē gulden eenhooren, ‖ 1558. ‖ MET PRIVILEGIE. |
| Collation | 8⁰ [113]: A.B.ⁱ-, A, A.B.⁴-[⁸], C-O⁸; pages [1-208] |
| Fingerprint | 155808 - # b1 A.B2 sche : # b2 O4 veer |
| Number of sheets | 13.88 |
| Pages | [1]: Title [2]: Privilege (Brussels, 10 March 1557, signed by Ph. de Lens) [3-4]: Die boeckdrucker totten leser (Antwerp, 8 May 1558; italic type) [5-7]: Den…heeren Philipsen lantgraef tot Hessen etc.…(Wolffhaghen, 22 June 1556, s. Hans Staden van Homborch in Hessen) [8-16]: Den welgheboren heeren H. Philipsen, graef van Nassau ende Sarburg, etc.…wenscht D. Dryander veel welvaerens…(Marburg, 21 December 1556, italic type) [16]: Table (italic type); 3 lines Dutch poem (italic type) [17-152]: Text (parts in italic type) [153]: EEN VVARACH- ‖ TICH CORT BERICHT ‖ VANDEN HANDEL ENDE ZE- ‖ den der Tuppin Imbas, diens gheuangen ick ‖ gheweest ben, woonende onder haer in dat ‖ lantschap America, dwelck legt inden xxiiij. ‖ graet op der Zuydtsijden der linien equi- ‖ noctiael, ende stoot aen een riuiere ‖ Rio di Ienero ghenaempt. ‖ V. ‖ Gheprint Thantvverpen inden gulden Eenhoren, ‖ by Christoffel Plantijn. ‖ 1558 [154-208]: Text (parts in italic type) |
| Edition information | |
| Illustrations | Woodcuts, illustrating the voyage of the author to America and his captivity among the Topinambus: 38 illustrations, c. 48 × c. 65, from 22 woodblocks (some of them reprinted once, and one even four times). A date on two blocks: 1548 on the illustration on page 29, 1549 on the one on page 34 |
| Copies | Ghent University Library- Res. 1243British Library London |
| Bibliographical references | Bib. Belgica (1964–1970 éd.), V, pages 206-207 J. Denucé, Oud-Nederlandsche kaartmakers in betrekking met Plantijn, I, 1912, pages 47-48 Not in Ruelens-de Backer |
| Online bibliographical references | STCV c:stcv:12927086 |
| Note 1 | The adventures of H. Staden in two parts: a) 'Real history and description of a country in America, whose inhabitants are savage, naked, very godless and cruel cannibals' (pages [17-152]); b) 'A real brief tiding of the manners and customs of the Topinambus, whose prisoner I have been, living among them in that landscape America (= in that part of America) that lies at 24⁰ below the equator, at a river called Rio de Janeiro' (pages [153-208]). |
| Note 2 | Dutch translation from the German edition published in Marburg, bei Andres Kolben, 1557 (cf. Brunet, V, Columns 505-506, who lists also copies with the address: Francf.-am-Mayn, durch Weygand Han, 1556). The Plantinian illustrations must also have been copied from this German publication. |
| Note 3 | Listed in M 296, folio 1v (America in nederduysch [= in Dutch], 8⁰, a⁰ 58, f[euilles] 14, [price:] stuivers 1½), and M 164, folio 2v. |
| Further reading |
in The Plantin Press Online
(519 words)
| All Time | Past Year | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Full Text Views | 25 | 19 | 3 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
in The Plantin Press Online
(519 words)