Ko nga upoko ewitu o te Pukapuka a te Poropiti a Raniera: me te Pukapuka ano hoki a te Poropiti a Hona: Paihia (New Zealand), "Perehi o nga Mihanere" (= Missionary Press [operated by William Colenso]), 1840. Large 12mo (20 x 12 cm). contemporary grey paper wrapper.
by [PUCKEY, William Gilbert and William COLENSO (trans.)]
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32 pp.Untrimmed and partly unopened copy of an early Maori edition printed in New Zealand, containing the beginning of the Book of Daniel (1-7: Nebuchadnezzar's dream and Daniel's dream) and the whole of the Book of Jonah (1-4: Jonah and the whale), translated into Maori and printed and published by the missionary press in the town of Paihia on the northernmost island of New Zealand. A nearly identical edition, also published in 1840 does not include Daniel 7 (hence "e witu" [= seven] in the present title and "e ono" [= six] in the other). The mission had been established there in 1826 and the press produced its first work, selected epistles from the New Testament, in 1835.Minor waterstain in the lower right corner of the first two quires and a small hole in the lower margin of several leaves. A good copy, wholly untrimmed.l hocken, Bibliography ... New Zealand 34 note (p. 507); Williams, Bibliography of printed Maori 44.
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- Ko nga upoko ewitu o te Pukapuka a te Poropiti a Raniera: me te Pukapuka ano hoki a te Poropiti a Hona: Paihia (New Zealand), "Perehi o nga Mihanere" (= Missionary Press [operated by William Colenso]), 1840. Large 12mo (20 x 12 cm). contemporary grey paper wrapper.
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- [PUCKEY, William Gilbert and William COLENSO (trans.)]
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- [E65676C633F6] AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND & PACIFIC|[E65676C633F6] AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND & PACIFIC -> [680D394BC32D] Australia & New Zealand|[6369B77AC038] LITERATURE & LINGUISTICS|[6369B77AC038] LITERATURE & LINGUISTICS -> [C60CF2EA3C85] Literature & Lingui
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