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Title

C.G.A. Oldendorps Geschichte der Mission der Evangelischen Brüder auf den caraibischen Inseln S. Thomas, S. Croix und S. Jan / Herausgegeben durch Johann Jakob Bossart ; Erster [-Zweyter] Theil.

Author

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

Publication

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

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Additional Authors

Bossart, Johann Jakob.

Description

2 v. in 1 : ill., maps; 21 cm

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Alternative Title

• Christian Georg Andreas Oldendorps Geschichte der Mission der Evangelischen Brüder
• Erster Theil enthaltend verschiedene zur Geographie, natürlichen und politischen Geschichte dieser Inseln gehörige Nachrichten
• Zweyter Theil enthaltend die Geschichte der Mission von 1732. bis 1768

Subject

• Moravian Church > Missions > United States Virgin Islands
• Missions > United States Virgin Islands
• Natural history > United States Virgin Islands
• Black people > United States Virgin Islands
• Enslaved persons > Guinea
• Meteorology > Observations > Virgin Islands of the United States > Saint Thomas
• Moravians > Missions
• United States Virgin Islands
• United States Virgin Islands > Church history

Note

• "Bossart made large additions to the materials collected by Oldendorp, and reduced the whole to order. The designs for the plates are by Oldendorp."--Sabi.
• Vignette on title pages; head- and tail-pieces.
• Imprint on title page of v. 2 lacks printer and distributor: "Barby, 1777."
• Vol. 1: [16], 444, [4] p., [4] folded leaves of plates; v. 2: [5], 448-1068, [46] p., [4] folded leaves of plates.
• Half-title in 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).
• Errata leaf [with instructions for the bookbinder on verso] at end of v. 2: (p. [45-46], i.e. leaf 4A6)
• Contains: "Nachtrag zu Seite 55." (v. 1: p. [1]-[4] following p. 444), a table of meteorological observations in St. Thomas.
• Includes index.

Indexed In (note)

• Brown, J.C. Bibliotheca Americana
• Palmer, P.M. German works on America, 1492-1800
• Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Call Number

Sc Rare 266-O (Oldendorp, C. G. A. C. G. A. Oldendorps Geschichte der Mission)

OCLC

2322340

Author

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

Title

C.G.A. Oldendorps Geschichte der Mission der Evangelischen Brüder auf den caraibischen Inseln S. Thomas, S. Croix und S. Jan / Herausgegeben durch Johann Jakob Bossart ; Erster [-Zweyter] Theil.

Imprint

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

Indexed In:

Brown, J.C. Bibliotheca Americana, 3:2407

Palmer, P.M. German works on America, 1492-1800, p. 368

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 57152

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 266-O (accession no. B594223) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Added Author

Bossart, Johann Jakob.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 266-O (Oldendorp, C. G. A. C. G. A. Oldendorps Geschichte der Mission)

*KF 1777 (Oldendorp, C. G. A. C. G. A. Oldendorps Geschichte der Mission)