(HAWAII) Alemanaka Keristiano

Sale 2444 - Lot 151

Price Realized: $ 500

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

(HAWAII.) Alemanaka Keristiano. Numerous illustrations. 36 pages. 12mo, original printed blue wrappers, minor wear; contents toned with minimal wear; inked stamp of Hawaiian Mission Children's Library on final page. Honolulu, 1861

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Just the third almanac issued in Hawaii, after the 1835 Alemanaka Hawaii and the 1860 Alemanaka Keristiano; it was followed by one more in 1862. It includes woodcuts of farming scenes, a table of Hawaiian history, and a listing of key government officials headed by Kamehameha IV. Drake 1653; Forbes 2417. None of the three Alemanaka Keristianos have appeared at auction since a Swann sale, 17 August 1978, lot 218.