Fine Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
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Lot 125
[BIBLE, in Algonkian]. ?? [ELIOT, John (1604?1690)]. The Fi...
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
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[BIBLE, in Algonkian]. ?? [ELIOT, John (1604?1690)]. The First American Bible: A Leaf from a Copy of the Bible Translated into the Indian Language by John Eliot and Printed at Cambridge in New England in the Year 1663. Boston: D.B. Updike at The Merrymount Press for Charles E. Goodspeed and Company, 1929. Small 8vo. With an original leaf of the 1663 Eliot Indian Bible (Book of Amos, Chapter I and II) in the Algonkian language. Original publisher?s gilt?decorated dark brown cloth, top edge gilt; original glassine (some edge chipping). LIMITED EDITION, one of 157 copies. Includes George Parker Winship?s account of the translator and printing history of the first complete Bible printed in America.
