[4], iii, [1], 505, [1] p., [19] leaves of plates : 22 cm (8vo)

Text in English and Mohawk on facing pages

Added English title page: The book of common prayer ... / formerly collected, and translated into the Mohawk language under the direction of the missionaries of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, to the Mohawk Indians. -- A new edition / to which is added the Gospel according to St. Mark, translated into the Mohawk language, by Captn. Joseph Brant, an Indian of the Mohawk nation. -- London : Printed by C. Buckton ..., 1787

Signatures: [A]-3S⁴ 3T²(-3T2).

Page 14 misnumbered 41

The gospel of Mark, dated 1744, on p. 176-341

Errata: p. [506]

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy BENTON 9.98 bound by Riviere and Son in brown goatskin panelled and tooled in blind. Acquired December 1946. Housed in a brown pull-off case marked: Asbestos lined case made by Riviere.

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy G.364.57 bound in modern brown library cloth. Black leather label on spine. Bookplate of John A. Lewis and BPL gift bookplate of Mrs. John A lewis. BPL perforation stamp on [A]1. "Mohawk & English" inscribed on [A]1 verso. Marginal markings and annotations in pencil throughout. Acquired May, 1890.

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