Accession number
PML 18389
Creator
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.
Published
Stockholm : Tryckt vthi thet af Kongl. Maytt. privileg. Burchardi tryckeri / af J.J. Genath / f., 1696.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Notes
With engraved t.p.: "Catechismus Lutheri Lingua Svecico. Americana"; folding map dated 1654-5--(See Church cat., v. IV, no. 760).
Translation made by Johan Campanius, missionary for Charles XI of Sweden who had 500 copies for Delaware Indians.
Title in red and black, vignette; head and tail-pieces, initials.
Added t.p., engraved: "Catechismvs Lutheri lingva svecico-americana", under royal coat of arms.
Folded map in facsimile--cf. Church 760.
Translation made by Johan Campanius, missionary for Charles XI of Sweden who had 500 copies for Delaware Indians.
Title in red and black, vignette; head and tail-pieces, initials.
Added t.p., engraved: "Catechismvs Lutheri lingva svecico-americana", under royal coat of arms.
Folded map in facsimile--cf. Church 760.
Description
[18], 160 p. : folded map ; 17 cm
Provenance
Pierpont Morgan, purchased from J. Pearson & Co., 1908.
Binding
Sprinkled calf over paper boards, with gilt-tooled (worn off) armorial of Charles IX on sides and spine.
Classification
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