Translation, by Johann Georg Krünitz, of: Description et histoire naturelle du Groenland, first printed in Copenhagen and Geneva, 1763, which is itself a translation, by Jean Baptiste Des Roches de Parthenay, of: Det gamle Grønlands nye perlustration, eller, Naturel-historie, printed in Copenhagen, 1741, but which first appeared in a pirated edition in Copenhagen, 1729

A Greenlandic song, composed by Frederick Christian, p. 173-180, is without music and gives a description of the performance

"Norwegische Wörter in der Grönländischen Sprache", p. 180-193, gives a small glossary of Kalâtdlisut dialect words as well as a discussion of grammar; the three articles of faith and the Lord's prayer are also translated into the Greenlandic language

Signatures: )( A-P ()(1 verso, P7 verso, P8 blank)

Woodcut vignette on title page; head and tail pieces; initials

Sabin

Pritzel

Palmer, P.M. German works on Amer.

Stafleu, F.A. Taxonomic lit.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary half calf with marbled boards

Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Heldenberg: book stamp on verso of title page

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