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(SURINAM.) Da Tori va wi Massra en Helpiman Jesus Christus. 298, [10] pages. 8vo, 19th-century calf, moderate wear; two-page descriptive note on flyleaf in the hand of Edward Everett, though unsigned; Edward Everett bookplate and library gift plate from his son William Everett on front pastedown, inked library stamp on title page. [London : British and Foreign Bible Society?], 1816
Written in a Creole language. According to Everett's manuscript prefatory note (written after 1849), "this book contains a harmony of the Gospels in the patois spoken by the negroes of Surinam," and the title translates to "The Story of our Master and Helper." However, according to an article on Creole languages in the 1851 Encyclopaedia Americana, the language is Papiamento, spoken on the islands of Aruba and Curaçao. 5 copies in OCLC, none known at auction, not found in any bibliographies (Sabin, Cundall, Hough, or Darlow & Moule).
