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Dictionaire francois-caraibe. Composée par le r.p. Raymond Breton, religieux de l’ordre des Freres Prescheurs, & l’vn des quatre premiers François missionnaires apostoliques en l’isle de la Gardeloupe, & autres circonuoisines de l’Amerique.
Auxerre: Gilles Bouquet, 1666
Physical Description: 415, [1] p. ; 16 cm. (8vo)
Call number: E665/ B844d ; E666/ B844d
Accession number: 06774, 01666
Notes: Several thousand French entries, including single words, phrases, and complete sentences, are listed along with Carib equivalents.
JCB has 2 copies. Copy 1 (06774), consisting of the same sheets as another Auxerre issue of the same year, but without the dedicatory letters, is bound with author’s Dictionaire caraibe-françois, Auxerre, 1665, and his Petit catechisme ... en la langue des Caraibes, Auxerre, 1664. Copy 2 (01666) includes the dedicatory letters.
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Languages: Carib
Genre: Dictionary
Region: Caribbean Islands
