(AMERICAN INDIANS SENECA) [Wright Asher] Diuhsáwahgwah Gayá

Sale 2324 - Lot 31

Price Realized: $ 688

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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

(AMERICAN INDIANS--SENECA.) [Wright, Asher.] Diuhsáwahgwah Gayádoshah. Numerous text illustrations. 12mo, contemporary cloth-backed marble wrappers; dampstaining, a bit of vermin damage to upper inner margin, translations of some headings provided in early pencil. [Boston], 1836

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first edition of the first Seneca reader, including a short Seneca to English dictionary. The title translates as "The Beginning Book," and the imprint line translates as "The old men, they printed it. They live in Boston, far away, 1836." Pilling, Iroquoian page 175; Rosenbach 816; Sabin 105544. One copy known at auction since 1978, in the Siebert sale.