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Regnvm Congo hoc est Warhaffte vnd Eigentliche Beschreibung dess Königreichs Congo in Africa, vnd deren angrentzenden Länder, darinnen der Inwohner Glaub, Leben, Sitten vnd Kleydung wol vnd aussführlich vermeldet vnd angezeigt wirdt.

Pigafetta, Filippo, 1533-1604, Reina, Casiodoro de, approximately 1520-1594, Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598, Bry, Johann Israel de, -1611, Bry, Johann Theodor de, 1561-1623 · 1597 · Gedruckt zu Franckfort am Mayn, : Durch Johann Saur, in Verlegung Hans Dietherich vnd Hans Israel von Bry, · 5 pictures

A 1597 German-language account of the Kingdom of Congo and neighbouring African lands, compiled from Filippo Pigafetta and Casiodoro de Reina and published in Frankfurt am Main by Johann Saur for the de Bry family. The pictures are mostly printed headpieces, border ornaments and decorated initial letters set above dense black-letter text, showing scrolling acanthus, rosettes and grotesque masks that a designer could adapt for historical title pages or ornamental frames.

Lopes, Duarte · Portuguese · Imprint 1597

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