Description
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- Ne quoshkinnumuk nashpe wuttinneumoh Christ noh asoowesit John Eliot.
- A translation, by John Eliot, for the Corporation for Propagation of the Gospel in New England into the Massachuset language, of the Old and New Testaments and the metrical Psalms.
- First edition of the first Bible printed in the New World, and the first example in history of the translation and printing of the entire Bible in a new language (Massachuset) as a means of evangelism. Cf. Pilling.
- Printed in two columns.
- Signatures: pi² (p1 verso, pi1 recto blank) A-5L 5M²; A-L; 2A-2X; A-N
- Titles printed within woodcut ornamental borders; head pieces; initials.
- "Wuske Wuttestamentum nul-Lordumun Jesus Christ nuppoquohwussuaeneumun" has separate title page dated 1661, and begins on leaf A1, 2nd grouping. It is a reissue of Wing B2757. The book of John begins new register with 2A1, 3rd grouping.
- The Psalms of David, which begin on leaf A1, 4th grouping, has caption title: Wame ketoohomae uketoohomaongash David.
- Rules for Christian living, by John Eliot, has caption title: Noowomoo Wnttinnoowaonk God.
Citation
"Mamusse wunneetupanatamwe Up-Biblium God naneeswe Nukkone Testament kah wonk VVusku Testament"
(1663).
John Carter Brown Library.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:577037/
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