New Testament in Cherokee syllabary
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Heading: (Native American)
Author:
Title: Cherokee New Testament
Place Published: New York
Publisher:American Bible Society
Date Published: 1860
Description:
Author:
Title: Cherokee New Testament
Place Published: New York
Publisher:American Bible Society
Date Published: 1860
Description:
408 pp. Text in Cherokee syllabary. (12mo) 18.5x11 cm (7¼x4¼"), period black cloth, lettering on spine in gilt; new black endpapers.
The New Testament, fully in Cherokee syllabary which was adapted by Elias Boudinot in 1828 to accommodate printing presses and is still in use today. Ownership marks on free endpaper and blank leaf.
Condition
Light wear to cloth, some rubbing and fraying to ends of spine and corners of boards; rear hinge cracked, marginal foxing and toning throughout, tape repairs to page 4, two full pages have been lost and replaced with photocopy pages; volume about very good.
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New Testament in Cherokee syllabary
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