Ka-nah-chi ki-chi ma-si-na-hi-kan ka-yah-si t_as-ti-mant mi-na os-ki t_as-ti-mant / The Holy Bible: The Old Testament and the New Testament in Plains Cree
London: British and Foreign Bible Society, 1957, 1961. Reprint. Hardcover. pp. 1512, 453. Thick 8vo. Bound in black cloth with gilt syllabics to spine. Red page edges. Edgewear, shaken, small hole to front joint, binding cracked at p. 31 (mull intact), contents unmarked. Item #0104789
Entirely in (Western) Cree save for imprints. Two volumes bound in one, with The Old Testament followed by The New Testament; The New Testament with a separate title page. Reprint of the 1908 and 1904 editions of the Old and New Testaments, respectively. Peel 3194: "In 1898 a committee was formed, under Robert Machray, to revise the Cree Bible. Eventually John Alexander Mackay became responsible for the final form of the work, using drafts by others. Mackay used a Yost typewriter fitted with the Cree syllabic symbols to prepare his revised copy". Scarce in any edition.
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