COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Books Internet Archive
Record
Author:
Dobrizhoffer, Martin, 1717-1791.
Author (contributor):
Indigenous Languages Digitization Project (John Carter Brown Library)
Author (contributor):
Kreil, A.
Title:
Geschichte der Abiponer, eine berittenen und kriegerischen Nation in Paraquay. : Bereichert mit einer Menge Beobachtungen über die wilden Völkerschaften, Städte, Flüsse, vierfüssigen Thiere, Amphibien, Insekten, merkwürdigsten Schlangen, Fische, Vögel, Bäume, Pflanzen, und andere Eigenschaften dieser Provinz. /
Publisher:
Bei Joseph Edlen von Kurzbek k k Hofbuchdrucker Gross- und Buchhändler
Begin Publication Date:
1783
MMS Id (Alma identifier):
991031767479706966
Permanent Call Number:
J783 .D634g
Statistics Note 1 (Accession Number):
STAT_NOTE_1_ACCESSION #: 35829
Subjects:
Abipon Indians.
Subjects:
Imprint 1783.
Subjects:
Imprint 1784.
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:
Indian linguistics--Abipon language.
Subjects:
Indian linguistics--Guarani language.
Subjects:
Paraguay--Description and travel.
General Note:
Translation, by A. Kreil, of: Historia de Abiponibus equestri, bellicosaque Paraquariae natione, first printed Vienna, 1784.; "Von der Sprache der Abiponer", v. 2, chapter 16 is a discussion of the Abipon language, its grammar, and some short glossaries of vocabulary in Abipon and German on p. 196-215.; "Von anderen Eigenschaften der Abiponischen Sprache ", v. 2, chapter 17 is a discussion of the grammar and inflection of the Abipon language on p. 220-238.; "Berschiedene Muster amerikanischer Sprachen", v. 2, chapter 18 is a discussion of various other languages, with some specimens, of the Americas from Mexico to Paraguay on p. 240-250; also includes references to the Guaraní language.; "Von den Waffen der Abiponer", v. 2, chapter 36 includes a small section on indigenous names for weapons on p. 491-493.; "Von den Waffen der Abiponer, und ihrer Schlachtordnung, wenn sie mit andern Wilden fechten", v. 2, chapter 43 includes a small section on indigenous battle cries on p. 571-573.; Pagination: v. 1: [28], 294 [i.e. 352], 383-564, [6], p., [3] leaves of plates (2 folded); v. 2: [4], 603, [5] p., [5] leaves of plates (4 folded); v. 3: 506, [8] p., [1] folded leaf.; Errors in paging: v. 1, p. 299 and 434 misnumbered 296 and 334; v. 2, p. 79, 232, and 293 misnumbered 76, 32, and 263; v. 3, p. 245, 257, and 346 misnumbered 145, 257, and 246.; Signatures: v. 1: )(⁸ )(⁶ A-2K⁸ 2L⁶ (2L6 blank); v. 2: pi1 (pi1 verso blank) *² A⁸ (-A1) B-2P⁸ (2P6, 2P8 versos blank); v. 3: A-2H⁸ (C3 missigned D3) (A1 verso blank) 2I⁴ 2K² (-2K2) *⁴; Engraved printer's ornaments on title pages; head and tail pieces; initials.; Frontispiece illustration in vol. 1 is counted as p. [1], 1st count, leaf )(1.; Folded leaf bound to face v. 3, p. 505 is a folded table of population statistics with caption title "Jährlicher Bericht von dem Stand der drevssig Quaranischen Flecken im Jahr 1732"; Errata: v. 1: p. [1-4], 3rd count; v. 2: p. [2-4], 3rd count; v. 3: p. [7-8], 3rd count.
Local Note:
John Carter Brown Library copy half bound in contemporary calf with marbled boards.