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Book/Printed Material Histoire naturelle et morale des iles Antilles de l'Amerique, enrichie d'un grand nombre de belles figures en taille douce ... Avec un vocabulaire caraïbe.

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Title

  • Histoire naturelle et morale des iles Antilles de l'Amerique, enrichie d'un grand nombre de belles figures en taille douce ... Avec un vocabulaire caraïbe.

Translated Title

  • Ethics and natural history fo the islands of the Antilles of America : illustrated with several pieces of sculpture representing the most considerable rarities therin described : with a Caribbean vocabulary

Names

  • Rochefort, Charles de, 1605-1683.
  • Rochefort, Charles-César, comte de.
  • Rochefort, César de, -1690.
  • Du Tertre, Jean Baptiste, 1610-1687.
  • Poincy, Louis de, -1660.
  • Breton, Raymond, 1609-1679.

Created / Published

  • Rotterdam, R. Leers, 1681.

Headings

  • -  Antilles, Lesser--Early works to 1800
  • -  Natural history--West Indies--Early works to 1800
  • -  Cariban Indians--Early works to 1800
  • -  Apalachee Indians--Early works to 1800
  • -  Island Carib language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc

Notes

  • -  Added engraved t.p.
  • -  Dedication signed: De Rochefort.
  • -  The author has been variously identified as the Count Charles-César de Rochefort, César de Rochefort, Jean-Baptiste du Tertre, Louis de Poincy, and Charles de Rochefort. Convincing proof of Charles de Rochefort's authorship (an identification which Sabin accepts) is presented in: The authorship and purpose of the Histooire naturelle et morale des îles Antilles, an early Huguenot emigration guide / Everett C. Wilkie, Jr. (In Harvard Library bulletin, n.s., II, 3 (Fall 1991)). Wilkie sees evidence that Poincy may have collaborated with Rochefort in the 1st ed.
  • -  A reissue of the edition of 1665, with a new t.-p. and the addition of a supplement of 43 pages.
  • -  The "Recit de l'estat present des celebres colonies" ... has special t.-p. with same imprint as the "Histoire naturelle".
  • -  Sabin 72318
  • -  Palau y Dulcet (2nd ed.) 271895
  • -  "Chapitre huitiéme, Digression contenant un abragè de l'histoire naturelle & morale du païs des Apalachites": p. 373-434.
  • -  "Vocabulaire caraïbe" (by Raymond Breton; see Wilkie, p. 37): p. 571-583.

Medium

  • 18 p.l., 583, [13], 43 p. illus., 3 fold. pl. 24 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F2001 .R65
  • Microfilm 86326 F Microfilm.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 02008900

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Rochefort, Charles De, Charles-César Rochefort, César De Rochefort, Jean Baptiste Du Tertre, Louis De Poincy, and Raymond Breton. Histoire naturelle et morale des iles Antilles de l'Amerique, enrichie d'un grand nombre de belles figures en taille douce ... Avec un vocabulaire caraïbe. Rotterdam, R. Leers, 1681. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/02008900/.

APA citation style:

Rochefort, C. D., Rochefort, C., Rochefort, C. D., Du Tertre, J. B., Poincy, L. D. & Breton, R. (1681) Histoire naturelle et morale des iles Antilles de l'Amerique, enrichie d'un grand nombre de belles figures en taille douce ... Avec un vocabulaire caraïbe. Rotterdam, R. Leers. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/02008900/.

MLA citation style:

Rochefort, Charles De, et al. Histoire naturelle et morale des iles Antilles de l'Amerique, enrichie d'un grand nombre de belles figures en taille douce ... Avec un vocabulaire caraïbe. Rotterdam, R. Leers, 1681. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/02008900/>.