Description
- Notes:
- forfattet af Hans Egede, forhen missionair udi Gronland.
- Date of publication printed after place of publication on title page.
- The first edition was a pirated edition and was published in Copenhagen in 1729 without the author's permission. This issue is much enlarged.
- "Grønlands første bebyggelse, samt betaenkning om den gl. Norske colonies undergang, og om der paa den øster-side endnu ikke skulde findes reliqvier efter de gamle norske, og om samme district ikke igien kand hittes.": p. 4-22.
- A Greenlandic song, composed by Friedrich Christian, p. 86-93, is without music and gives a description of the performance.
- "Grønlaendernes sprog of tale", p. 94-105, 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: a⁴ b² A-Q⁴ R⁴ (-R4) (R3 verso blank)
- Errata: p. [2], 3rd count.
- Woodcut head and tail pieces; initials.
Citation
"Det gamle Grønlands nye perlustration, eller Naturel-historie, og beskrivelse over det gamle Grønlands situation, luft, temperament og beskaffenhed:
de gamle norske coloniers begyndese og undergang der samme-steds, de itsige indbyggeres oprindelse, bæsen, lebe-maade og handtæringer, samt hvad ellers landet yder og giber af sig, saasom dyer, fiske og fugle &c. med hosføyet nyt land-caart og andre kaaber-stykker over landets naturalier og indbyggernis handtaeringer
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(1741).
John Carter Brown Library.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:579647/
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