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PRESENTING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION EXQUISITE GENUINE 360 YEAR OLD *** ELIOT INDIAN BIBLE LEAF ** ALSO KNOWN AS THE ALGONQUIN BIBLE . TRANSLATED BY ENGLISH PURITAN MISSIONARY JOHN ELIOT FROM THE GENEVA BIBLE INTO MASSACHUSETT. PRINTED BY SAMUEL GREEN AND MARMADUKE JOHNSON IN CAMBRIDGE, NEW ENGLAND 1663 !FIRST EDITION OF THE VERY FIRST BIBLE PRINTED IN AMERICA AND THE FIRST BIBLE PRINTED IN AN INDIGENOUS AMERICAN LANGUAGE ! A TRUE AMERICAN INCUNABLE !
LEAF MEASURES 5″ x 7 " AND HAS 60 LINES OF TEXT TO THE FULL PAGE FEATURING THE TEXT OF THE PSALMS 40:1- 42:1 ON THE RECTO AND 42:2- 44:16 ON THE VERSO (THIS SIDE is DISPLAYED) AND PRESENTED IN BEAUTIFUL SOLID WOODEN MUSEUM QUALITY FRAME MEASURING 27″ X 23″. GLAZED WITH ACRYLIC FOR SAFE SHIPMENT. OUR C.O.A. AND A FACSIMILE OF THE GENERAL TITLE PAGE ARE INCLUDED
The Eliot Indian Bible (Mamusse Wunneetupanatamwe Up-Biblum God; also known as the Algonquian Bible) was the first translation of the Christian Bible into an indigenous American language, as… Read More
