Apr 14, 2015 - Sale 2380

Sale 2380 - Lot 10

Price Realized: $ 2,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Hill, Henry A.; translator. The Gospel According to Saint Luke Translated into the Mohawk Tongue. [1], 157 leaves. 12mo, early cloth, minor wear; minor foxing. New York, 1827

Additional Details

first edition. Mohawk and English text on facing pages, with the Mohawk title given as Ne Tsinihhoweyea-nenda-onh Orighwa do Geaty, Roghyadon Royadado Geaghty, Saint Luke. Translated by a Canadian Mohawk, and printed in an edition of 500. Darlow & Moule 6799; Pilling, Iroquois, page 82; Sabin 49850. None known at auction since 1961.