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A leaf from Eliot's Indian Bible
A leaf from Eliot's Indian Bible
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Description
Heading: (Bible in Algonquian)
Author: Alden, John
Title: A Testament of Faith: A leaf from a copy of the first American Bible...
Place Published: Boston
Publisher:Charles E. Goodspeed
Date Published: 1979
Description:


[4], [10, [1] pp. With original leaf from the 1663 Eliot Indian Bible tipped in. 20.5x16 cm (8x6"), blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, glassine dust wrapper. One of 87 copies printed and bound by the Stinehour Press.



Rare leaf book featuring an original leaf from the Book of Psalms (II Chronicles, the whole of Chapters 12 and 13 with parts of 11 and 14) in the Algonquin language, from the first Bible printed in America. John Eliot began preaching to the Indians in New England around 1646, and embarked on the project of translating the Bible into Algonquin. In 1660 a professional printer, Marmaduke Johnson, was sent from England specifically to print the Bible, and in partnership with Samuel Green finished the project within his three-year contract. Chalmers 167.5.

Condition
Slipcase lacking, small chip to glassine; leaf partially detached; else fine.
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