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A Lenape-English Dictionary: From an Anonymous Ms. in the Archives of the Moravian Church at Bethlehem, Pa.; Edited, with additions, by Daniel G. Brinton and Albert Seqaqkind Anthony
by Brinton, Daniel G., Editor
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Philadelphia, Pa: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1888. Hard Cover. Very Good. [6], 236 p.: frontispiece portrait of David Zeisberger precedes series title page; 23 cm. Original red moire cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; boards have bevelled edges. Top page edges gilt. Grey endpapers. The Pennsylvania Students' Series, v. 1 (series title page dated 1889). The Native Americans who lived in Pennsylvania and Delaware, known as Lenni Lenape or Delawares, spoke a language belonging to the eastern branch of the Algonquian stock; this 19th-century dictionary of their language was compiled by Moravian missionaries. In Very Good Condition: cover is lightly rubbed; corners are bumped; 1/2-cm. separation in cloth at head of spine; endpaper slightly cracked over front hinge; slightly soiled along fore-edge of back of frontispiece and title page; otherwise clean and tight.
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- Title
- A Lenape-English Dictionary: From an Anonymous Ms. in the Archives of the Moravian Church at Bethlehem, Pa.; Edited, with additions, by Daniel G. Brinton and Albert Seqaqkind Anthony
- Author
- Brinton, Daniel G., Editor
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, Pa
- Date Published
- 1888
- Bookseller catalogs
- Dictionaries & Language Study; Pennsylvania;
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