COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Books Internet Archive
Record
Author:
Dobrizhoffer, Martin, 1717-1791.
Author (contributor):
Indigenous Languages Digitization Project (John Carter Brown Library)
Author (contributor):
Coleridge, Sara Coleridge, 1802-1852.
Title:
An account of the Abipones, an equestrian people of Paraguay. /
Publisher:
John Murray Albemarle Street
Begin Publication Date:
1822
MMS Id (Alma identifier):
991031741439706966
Permanent Call Number:
J822 .D634a
Statistics Note 1 (Accession Number):
STAT_NOTE_1_ACCESSION #: 05685
Subjects:
Abipon Indians.
Subjects:
Imprint 1822.
Subjects:
Abipon Indians--Social life and customs.
Subjects:
Abipon language--Grammar.
Subjects:
Abipon language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Subjects:
Guarani language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Subjects:
Natural history--South America.
Subjects:
Paraguay--Description and travel.
Subjects:
Indian linguistics--Abipon language.
Subjects:
Indian linguistics--Guarani language.
General Note:
Versos of title pages read: London: Printed by C. Roworth, Bell-Yard, Temple-Bar.; Colophons read: London: Printed by C. Roworth, Bell-Yard, Temple-Bar.; Translation, by Sara Coleridge, of the author's Historia de Abiponibus equestri, bellicosaque Paraquariae natione locupletata copiosis barbararum gentium, urbium, fluminum, ferarum, amphibiorum, insectorum, serpentium praecipuorum, piscium, avium, arborum, plantarum, aliarumque eiusdem provinciae, proprietatum observationibus, first printed Vienna, 1784. This edition lacks the plates present in the Latin original.; "Of the language of the Abipones", v. 2, chapter XVI is a discussion of the Abipon language, its grammar, and some short glossaries of vocabulary in Abipon and English on p. 157-182.; "Concerning other peculiarities of the Abiponian tongue", v. 2, chapter XVII is a discussion of the grammar and inflection of the Abipon language on p. 183-209; also includes references to the Guaraní language.; "Concerning the arms of the Abipones, and their battle-array in fighting with other savages", v. 2, chapter XLI includes a small section on indigenous battle cries on p. 424-427.; Pagination: v. 1: xii, 435, [1] p.; v. 2: v, [1], 446 p.; v. 3: vi, 419, [1] p.; Signatures: v. 1: a⁴ b² B-2E⁸ 2F² (2F2 verso blank); v. 2: a⁴ (-a4) (a3 verso blank) B-2E⁸ 2F⁸ (-2F8); v. 3: a⁴ (-a4) B-2D⁸ 2E²
Local Note:
John Carter Brown Library copy half bound in contemporary calf with green brocaded cloth boards; front boards of vols. 1 and 2 fully detached; rear board of vol. 2 fully detached; housed in burgundy cloth slipcases measuring 23 cm. tall.