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Herrn Johann Anderson, I.V.D. und weyland ersten Bürgermeisters der Freyen Kayserlichen Reichsstadt Hamburg, Nachrichten von island, Grönland und der Strasse Davis, : zum wahren Nutzen der Wissenschaften und der Handlung. Mit Kupfern, und einer nach den neuesten und in diesem Werke angegebenen Entdeckungen, genau eingerichteten Landcharte. Nebst einem Vorberichte von den Lebensumständen des Herrn Verfassers

by: Anderson, Johann, 1674-1743; Winckler, Johann Dietrich, 1711-1784

Publication date: 1746

Topics: Anderson, Johann, 1674-1743, Eskimo languages, Natural history, Natural history, Indian linguistics

Publisher: Hamburg, : verlegts Georg Christian Grund, Buchdr.

Collection: jcbindigenous; JohnCarterBrownLibrary; americana

Contributor: John Carter Brown Library

Language: German

"Vorbericht, von dem Leben des Herrn Bürgermeisters Anderson." (p. [12-32], first count), signed Z*** [i.e. Johann Dietrich Winckler]

Title vignette

Signatures: a-b A-X (X7+chi1; a1 verso, a8 recto, A1 verso, K1 verso, X7 verso, X8 blank). Leaf a8 folded backwards, resulting in being the first leaf of the gathering and serving as frontispiece

Format of leaf chi1 is quarto

Errata (p. [5], third count; p. [7], third count)

Incudes "Anhang." (p.285-328) which consists of a brief vocabulary, a grammar and some statements of Christian faith and prayers, all in Danish, German and the Eskimo language, except for the grammar which is restricted to German and the Eskimo language

Includes bibliographical references and index

Brown, J.C. Cat., 1493-1800

Sabin

Palmer, P.M. German works on Amer.

John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: extreme right part of plate facing p.254 (Greenlandic boats) cut off. Copy bound in contemporary sheep. Copy has handwritten bibliographical note on verso of front flyleaf