Author: Ecclesia Catholica - Archbishopry of Mechelen (Mechlin) Belgium ( editor ) : Title: Kitabu Cha Sala. (missal and prayer book in Swahili).
Description: .: Malines ( Mechelen), Imprimerie Godenne, 1906, format in-12°, 15 x10 cm, 215 pp. Bound in black (publisher's ? ) cloth, edges painted red, marbled end papers. Mint (unused) copy. Extremely rare Roman Catholic missal with prayerbook for the use of the African believer living in the ''Independant State of the Congo'', written in Swahili. It was only in 1908 that the Belgian king Leopold II transferred his personal colony of the Congo to the Belgian state. This edition not to befound in a modern bibliography (not in OCLC !). .
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Price: EUR 250.00 = appr. US$ 271.71 Seller: Antiquariaat Wim de Goeij
- Book number: 56159