| Search Antiqbook |
Ask a question or
Order this book
Browse our books
Search our books
Book dealer info
[BURMA]. [BURMA]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, in Sgau Karen. Translated by Francis Mason. Tavoy, Karen Mission Press, American Baptist Missionary Union, C. Bennett, 1853.
Large 8vo. Pp. (iv), 8 + lvs 392 Old testament + lvs 128 New Testament including title page dated 1853. Titles in English otherwise text in Sgau Karen throughout. Contemporary full calf, flat spine lettered and ruled in gilt, worn, hinges starting to crack. Bookplate (Rochester Theological Seminary) and with its stamp on title. Dampstain at bottom of first 25 lvs and last 20 last lvs. The first complete edition of the Bible in Sgau Karen, and the third of the New Testament (first 1843). American missionaries first arrived in 1828 among Karen tribes of Burma. The first known work printed at the Tavoy press is a dictionary by Wade published in 1844. Cordier BI 155. Darlow & Moule 5914.
Offered for EUR 1200.00 = appr. US$ 1894.80 by: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books - Book number: 99438
See more books from our catalog: Burma