HECKEWELDER, John - A Narrative of the Mission of the United Brethren Among the Delaware and Mohegan Indians, from Its Commencement, in the Year 1740, to the Close of the Year 1808. Comprising All the Remarkable Incidents Which Took Place at Their Missionary Stations During That Period. Interspersed with Anecdotes, Historical Facts, Speeches of Indians, and Other Interesting Matter

Philadelphia, M'Carty & Davis, 1820. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/2") bound in contemporary calf recently and sympathetically rebacked retaining the original gilt-lettered red morocco spine label; xii, 17-429, [3] pages, including the errata leaf. Portrait frontispiece of Moravian missionary David Zeisberger. FIELD 678: "History of the noblest labors of the human race, for the civilization of a savage people, and at the same time the record of the most horrible crime perpetrated by a civilized people turned savages"; HOWES H-392: "Standard authority on the Moravian missions in Pennsylvania, Ohio, etc."; SABIN 31205: "Full and undoubtedly faithful record of all the details of the Mission, its wonderful success, and its appalling destruction. It is at once an interesting story abounding in veritable incidents, and a valuable history, fortified by impregnable facts. Early owner name on title page; moderate to heavy foxing throughout. Binding quite nice. Overall Very Good .

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