davis rev solomon (3 resultados)

168 pp. 12mo, publisher's gilt-lettered cloth, blind-embossed in a floral pattern; expertly rebacked retaining the original spine. First edition. Institutional bookplate on pastedown; faint evidence of pocket on rear pastedown; some light foxing and wear to cloth; an attractive copy.

168pp. 8vo. 168pp. 8vo. Oneida prayer book for tribes in Wisconsin and upper New York. Davis' work is a revision of the Indian prayer book published in 1815 by the Rev. Eleazar Williams, a catechist in Oneida Castle, New York. It does not contain the entirety of the prayer book, but "the Morning and Evening Service, the Litany, Catechism, some of the collects, and the prayers and thanksgivings upon several occasions in the Book of Common Prayer.together with forms of family and private devotion." At the end are four hymns in Oneida, without music. The Episcopal Church had a very successful ministry to the Oneida in the 19th century, and one of the Episcopal Seminaries, Nashotah House, was founded in 1842 specifically as a mission to them. Siebert Sale 499. Ayer INDIAN LINGUISTICS (ONEIDA) 3. Pilling, PROOF-SHEETS 998. American Imprints 46443; Pilling, J.C. Iroquoian languages, p. 53; Sabin 18885; Field, T.W. Indian Bib., 404 Original cloth, taped, GTS markings.

168pp. 1 vols. 12mo. 168pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Oneida prayer book for tribes in Wisconsin and upper New York. Davis' work is a revision of the Indian prayer book published in 1815 by the Rev. Eleazar Williams, a catechist in Oneida Castle, New York. It does not contain the entirety of the prayer book, but "the Morning and Evening Service, the Litany, Catechism, some of the collects, and the prayers and thanksgivings upon several occasions in the Book of Common Prayer.together with forms of family and private devotion." At the end are four hymns in Oneida, without music. The Episcopal Church had a very successful ministry to the Oneida in the 19th century, and one of the Episcopal Seminaries, Nashotah House, was founded in 1842 specifically as a mission to them. Siebert Sale 499; Ayer, Indian Linguisitcs (Oneida) 3; Pilling, Proof Sheets 998 Original publisher's cloth. Library bookplate and markings.