Apr 13, 2023 - Sale 2633

Sale 2633 - Lot 28

Price Realized: $ 910
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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(BIBLE--AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES.) Group of 3 translations into Ojibwe, Cherokee, and Iroquois. Various sizes and bindings, as described. Various places, 1856-1880
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"Iu Otoshki-Kikindiuin / The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Translated into the Language of the Ojibwa Indians." iv, 717 pages. Thick small 8vo, modern calf by Starr Bookworks; dampstaining; cabinet card of missionary S.G. Wright (1816-1906) mounted in rear; early ownership inscription "bought of Missionary Wright" and owner's inked stamps on front flyleaf. Darlow & Moule 3035. New York: American Bible Society, 1856.

[The New Testament in the Cherokee Language.] 408 pages. 8vo, publisher's cloth, touched up and rejointed; minor foxing; later ownership inscriptions on flyleaf and title page. Darlow & Moule 2448; Field 290; Pilling 2743. New York: American Bible Society, 1860.

"The Holy Gospels, Translated . . . into the Iroquois Indian Dialect / Neh Nase Tsi Shok8atak8en." 324 pages. 12mo, publisher's cloth, rebacked; minimal wear to contents, 2 leaves coming detached with minor wear; 2016 deaccession from the Newberry Library, with 3 library stamps. Darlow & Moule 5568; Pilling 2838. Montreal: British and American Foreign Bible Society, 1880.