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Beschryving van Oud-Groenland, of eigentlyk van de zoogenaamde Straat Davis.
Delft: Reinier Boitet, 1746
Physical Description: [24], 192 p., [12] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 22 cm. (4to)
Call number: G746/ E29b
Accession number: 35269
Notes: Translation of: Det gamle Grønlands nye perlustration, eller Naturel-historie, og beskrivelse over det gamle Grønlands situation, luft, temperament og bestaffenhed, first printed in an enlarged edition Copenhagen, 1741, but which first appeared in a pirated edition in Copenhagen, 1729.
A Greenlandic song, composed by Frederick Christian, p. 131-136, is without music and gives a description of the performance.
"Van hunne taal", p. 137-150, 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: *-3*⁴ A-2A⁴.
Title printed in in red and black; woodcut printer's ornament on title page; head and tail pieces; initials.
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Languages: Inuit-Inupiaq / Eskimo / Kalâtdlisut
Genre: Catechisms and Creeds / Grammar / Vocabulary
Region: Arctic
