Translation, by Gottfried Sellius, of: Herrn Johann Anderson, ..., Nachrichten von Island, Grönland und der Strasse Davis. Hamburg, 1746; translation wrongly attributed by Sabin to J.P. Rousselot de Surgy

"...Abbrégé de sa vie ..." (v. 1: p.vii-xxj); translated extract from the original account in German by Johann Dietrich Winckler

Signatures: v.1: a-c/ A-2C/ 2D² (-2D; a1 verso blank); v.2: pi1 a² A-2I/ 2[K] (missigned "2B"; pi1 verso, 2[K]4 verso blank)

Only 2 of the 9 plates are numbered: v.1, pl.I-II; the rest of the plates (except for the frontispiece in v.1) are assigned volume and page numbers for correct placing

Colophon: De l'imprimerie de Sebastien Jorry (v.2)

Errata (v.1: p. xl; v.2: p.386)

Includes: "Supplément contenant un petit dictionnaire & quelques principes de la grammaire groenlandoise." (v.2: p.295-386), in French and the Eskimo language

Includes bibliography and indexes

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

Sabin

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary calf. In v.1, gathering b misbound (following gathering c)

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