The history of the Caribby Islands : viz., Barbados, S'Christophers, S'Vincents, Martinico, Dominico, Barbouthos, Monserrat, Mevis, Antego, &c. in all XXVIII. In two books. The first containing the natural; the second, the moral history of those islands. Illustrated with several pieces of sculpture, representing the most considerable rarities therein described. With a Caribbian-vocabulary / rendered into English by John Davies of Kidwelly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rochefort, Charles de, 1605-1683.

Contributor:

Davies, John, 1625-1693.

Breton, Raymond, 1609-1679.

Macock, John, printer.

Dring, Thomas, bookseller.

Starkey, John, active 17th century, bookseller.

Henry H. Bonnell Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

English Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Histoire naturelle et morale des iles Antilles de l'Amerique. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Carib language.

Apalachee Indians.

Carib Indians.

Antilles, Lesser--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

Antilles, Lesser.

Natural history--West Indies--Pre-Linnean works.

Natural history.

West Indies.

Indians of the West Indies--Early works to 1800.

Indians of the West Indies.

Carib Indians--Early works to 1800.

Apalachee Indians--Early works to 1800.

Carib language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.

Genre:

Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.

Controlled vocabularies.

Penn Provenance:

Willes, Ralph (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages, 351 pages, 17 unnumbered pages, 9 unnumbered leaves of plates ; 28 cm (folio)

Fingerprint:

orty hend epa- anTH (3) 1666 (A)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by J[ohn]. M[acock]. for Thomas Dring and John Starkey, and are to be sold at their shops, at the George in Fleet-street neer Clifford's-Inn, and at the Mitre between Middle Temple-Gate and Temple-Bar, 1666.

Language Note:

A translation of "Histoire naturelle et morale des îles Antilles" by Louis de Poincy, Paris, 1658.

Notes:

A translation of: Rochefort, Charles de. Histoire naturelle et morale des iles Antilles de l'Amerique.

Wrongly attributed to César de Rochefort.

Printer's name from Wing CD.

Title page verso bears a license to print: Whitehall, June 2. 1665. By permission and licence from the Right Honourable Mr. Secretary Morice this book may be printed. Jo. Cook.

Plates face p. 271, 282, 291, 296, 297, 303, 309, 313, 326.

Includes "A Caribbian vocabulary" (2Z1r-3A1v), a translation of "Le vocabulaire caraibe" by Raymond Breton.

"Chap. VIII. By way of digression giving an account of the Apalachites, the nature of their country, their manners, and their ancient and modern religion:" p. 228-249.

With three final contents leaves.

Another issue, published in the same year, has title "The history of Barbados, St Christophers, Mevis, St Vincents, Antego, Martinico, Monserrat, and the rest of the Caribby-Islands, in all XXVIII" and lacks license to print.

Woodcut initials; head-pieces.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy is part of the Henry H. Bonnell Collection.

Culture Class Collection copy has autograph of Ralph Willes on title page.

Cited in:

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), R1740

ESTC, R16877

OCLC:

943130