C.G.A. Oldendorps Geschichte der Mission der Evangelischen Brüder auf den caraibischen Inseln S. Thomas, S. Croix und S. Jan

Title Variants

Uniform: Geschichte der Mission der Evangelischen Brüder auf den Caraibischen Inseln S. Thomas, S. Croix und S. Jan

Related Titles

Related/Analytical: Christian Georg Andreas Oldendorps Geschichte der Mission der Evangelischen Brüder

Related/Analytical: Geschichte der Mission der Evangelischen Brüder auf den caraibischen Inseln S. Thomas, S. Croix und S. Jan

By

Oldendorp, C. G. A. (Christian Georg Andreas), 1721-1787

Bossart, Johann Jakob.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Barby, bey Christian Friedrich Laux, und in Leipzig in Commission bey Weidmanns Erben und Reich, 1777

Notes

Vignette on title pages.

Imprint on title page of v. 2 lacks printer and distributor.

Half title v. 1: Erster Theil enthaltend verschiedene zur Geographie, natürlichen und politischen Geschichte dieser Inseln gehörige Nachrichten (p. [15] at front of volume); half title v. 2: Zweyter Theil enthaltend die Geschichte der Mission von 1732. bis 1768. (p. [3] at front of volume)

Signatures: v. 1: a⁸ A-2E⁸ (-2E7-8, = part of v. 2; 2E6+chi² (=4A2.7 ) (a1 verso, a8 verso blank); v.2: 2E7-8 (published as part of gathering 2E in v. 1; 2E7 + 2chi1, = 4A3) 2F-3Z⁸ 4A⁸ (-4A2.7, = chi1.2, inserted in v. 1; -4A3, = 2chi1, inserted following leaf 2E7; leaf 4A6 inserted at end of gathering, following leaf 4A8) (2E7 verso, 4A3 verso blank). Leaves 4A4-4A5 signed as "Aaaa2-Aaaa3"

Plates (8) all folded and unnumbered; 3 of them are maps, 4 views and 1 is a table, the latter printed on recto and verso (inserted in v. 1, facing p. 346)

Includes index.

Errata leaf (with instructions for the bookbinder on verso) at end of work (v. 2: p. [45-46], = leaf 4A6)

Contains: "Nachtrag zu Seite 55." (v. 1: p. [1-4] following p. 444), a table of meteorological observations in St. Thomas.

Brown, J.C. Cat., 1493-1800, | 3:2407.

Sabin | 57152.

Palmer, P.M. German works on America, | p. 368.

The Harold-Jantz Coll. at Duke University., | p. 30.

Subjects

Church history , Guinea , Meteorology , Missions , Moravian Church , Natural history , Observations , Saint Thomas , Slave trade , Slaves , United States Virgin Islands , Virgin Islands of the United States

Call Number

BV2848.V5 O42 1777

Language

German

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.153312
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/83461792