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(BIBLE IN FIJIAN.)
Ai Vola
Tabu, a ya e tu kina na Veiyalayalati
Makawa, kei na Veiyalayalati Vou.
[4], 862, [2]; 282 pages. 2 parts in one
volume. 8vo, 216x151 mm, contempo-
rary gilt-panelled red morocco; contents
clean; housed in contemporary velvet-
lined carved wood casket (few wood
details missing). Ownership inscription
of Basil Jennings Bramly dated 1889;
morocco bookplate of Arthur Wilmer
Lissauer.
EXCELLENT COPY
.
London, 1884
[400/600]
FIRST COMPLETE EDITION
of the Bible in
Fijian, reprinted from the 1856-64 translation
of the Hebrew Bible and the 1866 edition of
the New Testament. Darlow & Moule 3634.
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(BIBLE IN GREEK.)
Quatuor
Evangelia Graece.
Edited by Andreas
Birch. 3 engraved plates. [10], xcii, 181,
[1]; [2], [187]-318; [2], [323]-529, [1]; [2],
[533]-676, [1] pages, including errata leaf
at end. 4to, 262x211 mm, contemporary
vellum boards with blind-stamped arabesque
centerpiece on covers, top spine compart-
ment restored, covers soiled; contents crisp
and clean, with only Meadville perforated
stamp on title and rubberstamp on dedi-
cation page. 19th-century bookplates of
M[atthias?] Bruen and Meadville Theological
School.
Copenhagen: J. F. Schultz, 1788
[400/600]
FIRST BIRCH EDITION
of the Greek Gospels,
a new recension commissioned by King
Christian VII of Denmark. Based on the
examination by Birch and other scholars of
manuscripts in European libraries, it includes
variant readings and descriptions of the manu-
scripts consulted. Darlow & Moule 4769.
BIBLES
,
continued
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