Translation, by Johann Georg Krünitz, of: Description et histoire naturelle du Groenland, first printed in Copenhagen and Geneva, 1763, which is itself a translation, by Jean Baptiste Des Roches de Parthenay, of: Det gamle Grønlands nye perlustration, eller, Naturel-historie, printed in Copenhagen, 1741, but which first appeared in a pirated edition in Copenhagen, 1729.

A Greenlandic song, composed by Frederick Christian, p. 173-180, is without music and gives a description of the performance.

"Norwegische Wörter in der Grönländischen Sprache", p. 180-193, 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: )( A-P ()(1 verso, P7 verso, P8 blank)

Woodcut vignette on title page; head and tail pieces; initials.

Sabin 22025.

Pritzel sub 2625.

Palmer, P.M. German works on Amer., 316.

Stafleu, F.A. Taxonomic lit., 1629.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary half calf with marbled boards.

Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Heldenberg: book stamp on verso of title page.