The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments And Other Rites and Ceremonies Of The Church According To The Use Of The Church Of England Together With The Psalms Of David Translated Into The Language Of The Cree Indians Of The Diocese Of Moosonee.

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Horden, Rt. Rev. John (1828-1893)

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Horden, Rt. Rev. John (1828-1893). The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments And Other Rites and Ceremonies Of The Church According To The Use Of The Church Of England Together With The Psalms Of David Translated Into The Language Of The Cree Indians Of The Diocese Of Moosonee. London & Toronto: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge | The Church Book Room & Printed by the Miracle Printing Company, Oshawa, Ontario, 1949. pp. 293; 188. 12mo., measuring 4.75″ x 7.55″. Red cloth over boards with gilt lettering, and blind-stamped rules to the spine; speckled foredges. Originally translated and published in 1889 by the S.P.C.K. (Great Britain). See: Pilling, (Algonquian), p. 235-236; University of Alberta, NEOS Record #3534825. Lightest edgewear, contents bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. With exception of the title pages, text is in entirely in Cree Syllabics. Rt. Rev. John Horden (1828-1893) was the first bishop of the Anglican diocese of Moosenee. He translated and caused to be printed many works in Canadian Indigenous dialects. Hardcover. (#1520) $295.00