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Bible. N.T. Gospels. Inuktitut.1813.

The Gospels according to St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, and St. John, translated into the language of the Esquimaux Indians, on the coast of Labrador, by the missionaries of the Unitas Fratrum; or, United Brethren, residing at Nain, Okkak, and Hopedale. Printed for the use of the mission, by The British and Foreign Bible Society.

London: Printed by W. M’Dowall, 1813

Physical Description: [2], 416 p. ; 18 cm. (8vo)

Call number: DA813/ B582g

Accession number: 06802; 06803

Notes: Edited by C.F. Burghardt, superintendent of the mission. The Gospel of St. John is omitted; in JCG copy 2, note on blank facing t.p. reads: “The gospel of St. John was separately published in 1810 and was probably intended to be bound with this.” JCB has 2 copies.

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Languages: Inuktitut

Genre: Bible selections

Region: Arctic / North America