1823Best.-Nr. 83202Cambridge: Hilliard and Metcalf 1823. pamphlet. good. 36 pages. 24mo original flexible marbled wrappers water stain on title page. Cambridge: Hilliard and Metcalf 1823. Good. Hilliard and Metcalf unknown books

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[Ojibwe Catechism]:ABAA

JESUS OD IJITWAWIN. A SHORT CATECHISM OF THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE IN THE OTCHIPWE LANGUAGE.

1884Best.-Nr. 68713St. Louis: B. Herder 1884. Entirely in the Ojibwe Dialect A catechism entirely in the Ojibwe dialect of the Algonquin language. The format is in a question-and-answer style. "Father Gafron writes me that he was prevented by circumstances from reading the proof of this work and that it contains many typographic errors" - Pilling. An errata list would be published in 1884. Father John Gafron was a Prussian-born missionary who worked with the Chippewa in Nebraska before moving to Wisconsin. 16mo. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards. Somewhat rubbed corners bumped spine chipping at extremities. Hinges tender light foxing and staining. About very good. AYER INDIAN LINGUISTICS CHIPPEWA 55. PILLING ALGONQUIAN p.198. hardcover books

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CATECHISM)ABAA

Catechismus Romanus ex decreto Concilij Tridentini

1567Best.-Nr. 323874Dillingen: Sebald Meyer 1567. First. hardcover. very good. 935 pages Index. Very thick 8vo contemporary German pig skin with ornately blind-tooled covers; 4 raised bands on spine with manuscript title metal clasps partially present & front flyleaf lacking; title page re-attached. Dillingen: Sebald Meyer 1567. Very good. First edition of the Roman Catholic Catholic Catechism from Germany published the year before in Rome by Paulus Manutius. In a remarkably good state of preservation with the text clean & free from foxing. Sebald Meyer unknown books

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[Hawaiian Catechism - Union Questions]:ABAA

O KA HULIANO HE OLELO NIELE IA E MOAKAKA AI KE ANO O KA PALAPALA HEMOLELE.

1836Best.-Nr. 58471Oahu: Mei Pai Palapala a na Misionari 1836. Printed at the Oahu Mission The second edition with a printing of only 3000 copies. The title translates as: "The inquiry questions illustrating the meaning of the Holy Scriptures. A good thing for Sunday Schools. Book I. About the story of Jesus and his miracles." This copy is from the library of James F. Hunnewell 1832-1910 with his bookplate. Hunnewell was a Boston book collector and bibliographer. He published Bibliography of the Hawaiian Islands in 1869. His father James Hunnewell became familiar with the islands when the ship he was on was sold to Hawaiian chiefs. The senior Hunnewell was responsible for collecting the payment in sandalwood and then selling it in China. As a result he spent several months in the islands and became friendly with the local populace. In 1820 he arrived in Honolulu as second mate on the brig Thaddeus the ship bearing the first American missionaries as well as the first printing press there. He later developed a significant business in Hawaii which grew into the commercial house later known as C. Brewer & Company. Although he returned to Charlestown Massachusetts he spent the rest of his life actively engaged in exporting goods to Hawaii and California. Part of his considerable fortune was given to found Oahu College. 152pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf spine tooled in gilt leather label. Hinges lightly rubbed. Bookplate on front pastedown. Near fine. FORBES 1019. JUDD 141. DAB IX p.381. hardcover books