NATIVE
AMERICANA
NATIVE
AMERICANA
Ojibway
— OTTAWA
Catholic
Church. Catechism. Ojibway. A short compendium of the Catechism for the Indians, with the approbation of the Rt. Rev. Frederic Baraga, Bishop of Saut Sainte Marie, 1864. Rev. N. L. Sifferath, Missionary of the Ottawa and Otchipwe Indians. Buffalo, N.Y.: C. Wieckmann, (Aurora Printing House.), 1869. 12mo (18.3 cm, 7.2"). 62, 2 pp.
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• Sabin 80996; Pilling, Algonquian, 462; Pilling, Proof-sheets, 3601a. Not in Banks; not in Evans. Original buckram, showing minor water damage; upper page margins waterstained, obviously to very lightly. Title-page with library stamps and some rough old pen-markings; first two leaves a bit torn at binding.
The Yucatan Franz Scholes & Robert Chamberlain Colección de documentos inéditos relativos al decumbrimiento, conquista y organización de las antigua posesiones españolas de ultramar. Segunda serie. Tomo num. 13, II Relaciones de Yucatán. Madrid: Impresores de la Real Casa, 1900. 8vo. xvi, 414 pp.
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extensively annotated in pencil by Robert Chamberlain and with occasional notes by Franz Scholes!
Provenance: First in the University of Miami Library, deacessioned; then in the library of Robert Chamberlain and later in that of Franz V. Scholes, both noted scholars of the Yucatán. Their signatures are on the front free endpaper and their notes are penciled in the margins of many pages.
Cortes's Stirring Letters
in French Cortés, Hernán. Correspondance de Fernand Cortès avec l'empereur Charles Quint sur la conquête du Mexique. Francfort: J.J. Kesler, 1779. 8vo. xvi, 471 pp.
Click the interior image for an enlargement. • Sabin 16953. Contemporary treed calf, front joint (outside) starting at top to open. A good+ copy — in fact, a rather nice one. (20510)
FIRST Edition In English Cortés, Hernán. The despatches of Hernando Cortés,the conqueror of Mexico, addressed to the emperor Charles V, written during the conquest, and containing a narrative of its events. New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1843. 12mo. xii, 431 pp.; ill.
• Sabin 16964. Publisher's quarter cloth over marbled paper boards, lightly abraded; light foxing to interior. Private bookplate. Good+ copy. (20502)
First
Editions — Bible
History & Sacred
BiographyALGONQUIN
[Cuoq, Jean-André]. Aiamie tipadjimo8in masinaigan ka ojitogobanen kaiat ka niina8isi mekate8ikonaie8igobanen kanactageng, 8ak8i ena8indibanen. Moniang [Montreal]: John Lovell, 1859. 12mo. 337, [3] pp. [bound with his] Ka titc tebeniminang Jezos, ondaje aking.... Moniang [Montreal]: John Lovell, 1861. 12mo. 396 pp.
Nipissing
dialect of Algonquin and both are first editions in Algonquin.
Father Cuoq (1821–98) was an an extremely accomplished linguist as evidenced
by his becoming fluent in both Algonquin and Iroquois; Field (Indian Bibliography,
p. 93) writes glowingly of Cuoq's mastery of these languages. His life as a
missionary of the Order of Sulpitians, notably among the Nipissing at Lake of
Two Mountains, certainly aided in his achievement.
Although
there is nothing in the vows that the Sulpitians take requiring self-effacement,
it is a characteristic of books published by members of the order that the
author's name not appear on the title-page. A minor point, but an interesting
factoid.
• I: Pilling, Proof-sheets, 947; Newberry Library, Indian Linguistics in the Edward E. Ayer Collection, Nipissing-28 [giving author as Jean Claude Mathevet]; Field 389; Sabin 46820. II: Pilling, Proof-sheets, 949; Newberry Library, Indian Linguistics in the Edward E. Ayer Collection, Nipissing-30 [giving author as Jean Claude Mathevet]; Field 390; Sabin 46821. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, worn at edges and along joints, spine abraded. All edges marbled in blue and orange. First title-page with two old library stamps, pages else very clean.
By Fr. “Double Leaf/Fixed Star”Cuoq, Jean-André. Études philologiques sur quelques langues
sauvages de l’Amérique. Par N.O. Montréal: Dawson Brothers, 1866. 8vo (24.5 cm, 9.6"). 160 pp.
Click the middle or right image for an enlargement. Father Cuoq (1821–98) was an extremely accomplished linguist as evidenced by his becoming fluent in both Algonquin and Iroquois; Field (Indian Bibliography, p. 93) writes glowingly of his mastery of these languages. His life as a missionary of the Order of Sulpitians, notably among the Nipissing at Lake of Two Mountains, certainly aided in his scholarly achievement.
• Pilling, Algonquian, 100-101; Pilling, Proof-sheets, 952; Field 391; Newberry Library, Indian Linguistics in the Edward E. Ayer Collection, Algonkin-14; Sabin 17980. Not in Banks; not in Evans, Masinanhikan. Original printed green wrappers, spine reinforced some time ago, edges chipped. Half-title with pencilled annotations. First text page rubber-stamped by a now-defunct institution; pages otherwise clean.
Algonquin Dictionary — First EditionCuoq, Jean André. Lexique de la langue Algonquine. Montreal: J.
Chapleau & Fils, 1886. 8vo (23 cm, 9"). xii, 446, [2 (1 blank)] pp.
Click any image where the hand appears on• Newberry Library, Indian Linguistics in the Edward E. Ayer Collection, Algonkin 19; Pilling, Bibliography of the Algonquian Languages, 101; not in Vancil, Cordell Collection. 20th-century maroon cloth, spine with gilt-stamped title and publication information; boards very slightly sprung, with some discoloration along back joint. Pages age-toned (especially first and last few leaves) and embrittled, with occasional edge nicks. Several signatures towards back of volume unopened.
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