Jun 21, 2016 - Sale 2420

Sale 2420 - Lot 10

Price Realized: $ 3,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Harris, T.S.; and J. Young. O En Ad O Geh Teeh Soah / Hymns in the Seneca Language. 32 pages. 12mo, original plain wrappers, backstrip worn; minor dampstaining. Buffalo, NY: David M. Day, 1823
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Seneca and English text on facing pages, including 13 hymns, the Lord's Prayer, and more. Near the close are 25 short "Precepts" including "Love God," "Drink no strong drink," "Your life is short," "You must soon die," and "You must rise from the ground." Severance, Buffalo Imprints, page 558. Only one other copy known at auction, in the 1999 Siebert sale.