Accession number
PML 5442
Published
Cambridge [Mass.] : Printeuoop nashpe Samuel Green, MDCLXXXV. [1685]
Notes
"Wusku Wuttestamentum Nul-Lordumun Jesus Christ nuppoquohwussuaeneumun. Cambridge, Printed for the Right Honourable Corporation in London, for the Propogation [sic] of the Gospel among the Indians in New-England 1680."--p. [857-1116], with separate title page. First issued separately in 1680 (Evans 279).
A dedication to the Hon. Robert Boyle was printed on a single leaf and inserted into the presentation copies sent abroad. Cf. Pilling, J.C. Bibliography of the Algonquian languages.
Printed in two columns.
Rules for Christian living, by John Eliot, in Algonquian, p. [1217-1218].
The Psalms of David, p. [1117-1216], with caption title: Wame ketoohomae uketoohomaongash David. The Psalms were evidently issued separately as well, probably in 1682.
The second edition of Eliot's Indian Bible, revised by Eliot and John Cotton.
A dedication to the Hon. Robert Boyle was printed on a single leaf and inserted into the presentation copies sent abroad. Cf. Pilling, J.C. Bibliography of the Algonquian languages.
Printed in two columns.
Rules for Christian living, by John Eliot, in Algonquian, p. [1217-1218].
The Psalms of David, p. [1117-1216], with caption title: Wame ketoohomae uketoohomaongash David. The Psalms were evidently issued separately as well, probably in 1682.
The second edition of Eliot's Indian Bible, revised by Eliot and John Cotton.
Description
608 l. (424 + 2, 180 + 2, 2 blanks lacking).
Provenance
This copy said to have belonged to Rev. J.F. Hunt, Bp. of Methodist Church of Washington.
Binding
Purple morocco, tooled and gilt.
Classification
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