Accession number
PML 5517
Published
[New York] : Printed by William Bradford in New-York, 1715.
Notes
"This first edition is entirely in the Mohawk Indian language, except the English title, and the headings to the prayers. The translation by Lawrence Claesse, was based upon the translation in manuscript of Rev. Bernardus Freeman, which had been placed freely in the hands of the Rev. William Andrews by the Propogation Society for this use."--Evans.
Second title page: Ne orhoengene neoni yogaraskhagh yondereanayendaghkwa, ne ene niyoh raodeweyena, ne onoghsadogeaghtige yondadderighwanondoentha, ne siyagonnoghsode enyondereanayendaghkwagge ...
Collation: 62 leaves = 2 leaves + A-Z², Aa-Cc², Dd⁴ (115 p.); A-D², E⁴, the last a blank and lacking (21 p.); the last 21 p. are misbound between p. 40 and 41. The t.p. and headings are in English and Mohawk, the text in Mohawk.
Second title page: Ne orhoengene neoni yogaraskhagh yondereanayendaghkwa, ne ene niyoh raodeweyena, ne onoghsadogeaghtige yondadderighwanondoentha, ne siyagonnoghsode enyondereanayendaghkwagge ...
Collation: 62 leaves = 2 leaves + A-Z², Aa-Cc², Dd⁴ (115 p.); A-D², E⁴, the last a blank and lacking (21 p.); the last 21 p. are misbound between p. 40 and 41. The t.p. and headings are in English and Mohawk, the text in Mohawk.
Description
62 leaves, 115 p., 21 p.
Binding
Brown morocco tooled.
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