1875 OJIBWA Holy Bible NEW TESTAMENT Leather ALGONQUIAN Native American INDIAN

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1875 OJIBWA Holy Bible NEW TESTAMENT Leather ALGONQUIAN Native American INDIAN:
$875.00

EXTREMELY RARE OJIBWA LANGUAGE NEW TESTAMENT!
[Native American.Ojibway New Testament.]Iu Otoshki-Kikindiuin Au Tebeniminung Gaie Bemajiinung Jesus Christ: Ima Ojibue Inueuining Giizhitong --The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Translated Into the Language of the Ojibwa Indians

New York: American Bible Society, 1875. Rare New Testament written in English and Ojibwa side by side on the title, with main text entirely in Ojibwa, as shown. Preliminary Key to the Orthography in English as well. Bound in original blindstamped publisher\'s black morocco leather, with faded gilt-lettered spine. Slightly scuffed, joints & extremities rubbed with some light leather loss at the crown. Pages toned, decently kept with a few stains and one small closed tear; intact. Measures 7\" x 4.5\". Complete. Third edition, after editions of 1844 and 1856. \"The A.B.S. Report for 1844 states that this version was made by S. Hall and other missionaries of the A.B.C.F.M. near Lake Superior. J.C. Pilling, however, in his bibliography of the Algonquian Languages ascribes it to Henry Blatchford.\" BANKS, p.133. EVANS 580. PILLING, ALGONQUIAN, p.52. DARLOW & MOULE 3040. AYER INDIAN LINGUISTICS (CHIPPEWA) 35. PILLING, PROOF-SHEETS 396.