Nonantum and Natick
Boston: Massachusetts Sabbath School, 1853. Hardcover. Written as a narrative for school aged readers, this work chronicles the Puritan missionary work of John Eliot with the Native Americans in what is now Massachusetts. Eliot (1604 - 1690) founded a Latin School in Massachusetts and translated the Eliot Indian Bible into the Algonquin language.
Ex-library with pocket to rear pastedown, stamps front free endpaper and title page, and remnants of sticker to foot of spine. Bound in original red cloth boards with gilt title and decoration to spine. Slight roll to spine. Bumping to top corners of both boards and chipping to spine ends. Large split to middle of binding with a loose signature but no missing pages. Frontispiece illustration of the building of the first church in Natick and also map of Massachusetts. Includes several other illustrations. Minor foxing to early and late pages. Pencil and pen markings from previous owner to front endpapers, else clean. 336 pages. A good reading copy. Massachusetts State History. STA/012617. Very Good.
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