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which brought 16 florins. This collection of 

 hooks -was formed by Geraart Meerman, the 

 learned typographical antiquary (born 1722, 

 died 1771), and by his son Jan Meerman, the 

 historian and political writer (born 1753, 

 died 1815). The description given in Field's 

 Essay toivards an Indian Bibliography (no. 

 495), with the English title, was probably not 

 of a copy in his possession, but merely one of 

 the titles of "books not actually in the author's 

 collection," which were included for the pur- 

 pose of making the list more complete. The 

 copy which Mr. Field owned, notwithstanding 

 his own statement and Mr. Paine's that it was 

 of the iirst edition, was really of the second, 

 and lacked both beginning and end. 



Mamusse | wunneetupanatamwe | 



up-biblum God | naueeswe | nakkone 

 testament | kah wonk | wusku testa- 

 ment. I Ne quoshkinnumuk nashpe 

 Wuttinnenmoli Christ J noh asoowesit 

 I John Eliot. | 



Cambridge: | Printeuoop nashpe 

 Samuel Green kah Marmaduke John- 

 son. I 1663. 



Second title : "Wusku | wuttestamentum | 

 nul-lordumun | Jesus Christ | Nuppoqiiohwus- 

 suaeneumun. | [Diamond shaped figure of 32 

 pieces between two lines.] | 



Cambridge : | Printed by Samuel G-reen and 

 Marmaduke Johuson. | MDCLXI [1661]. 



Caption of metrical psalms : Wame | Ket- 

 cohomae uketoohomaongash | David. 



Caption uf leaf of rules : Noowomoo "Wnttin- 

 noowaonk {sic] God, Gen. 5. 22. Enoch weeche 

 I pomushau God nishwudt pasukcoe kodtum- 

 waeu. Wonk | noowomoo, Prov. 23. 17. qush 

 Jehovah neteagu : newaj | kenatootomoush. 



594 printed leaves without page numbers, 

 and 2 blank leaves, in the following order : the 

 title of the whole bible in Indian on 1 leaf verso 

 blank, the list of the books in both testaments 

 on 1 leaf recto blank. Genesis to Malachi in 414 

 leaves, the title of the new testament in Indian 

 on 1 leaf verso blank, Matthew to Revelation 

 in 126 leaves, 1 blank leaf, the metrical version 

 of the psalms in 50 leaves, rules for Christian 

 living.' on 1 leaf, and 1 blank leaf at the end, 4°. 

 Signatures, besides the two preliminary leaves, 

 A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, 

 T,U,X, Y,Z, Aa to Zz, Aaa to Zzz, Aaaa to Zzzz, 

 Aaaaa to LUll, all in fours, and Mmmmm in 

 two, for the old testament ; A, B, C, D, E, F, G , 

 H, I, K, L, Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, II, 

 Kk, LI, Mm, :N'n, Oo, Pp, Qq, Er, Ss, Tt, Uu, and 

 Xx, all in fours, for the new testament; A, B, 

 C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, and JN", all in fours, 

 for the metrical psalms and final leaves. In 

 the Massachusetts Indian language. 



This is the whole bible as issued for the use 

 of the Indians. It differs from the copies 

 already described under the preceding title, in 

 the absence of the English titles and dedica- 



Eliot (J.) — Continued. 



tions. Some copies of the old testament and 

 metrical psalms were also bound up together, 

 separate from the new testament. These are 

 placed at the end of the list. 



Copies of the whole bible : Containing the In- 

 dian general title, the leaf of contents. Genesis 

 to Malachi, the Indian new testament title, 

 Matthew to Revelation, and the metrical 

 psalms with the final leaf of rules. 594 printed 

 leaves, and two blank leaves. One of these 

 copies (no. 31) also contains the dedication of 

 the whole bible, and is described as having 

 the variation of the Indian new testament title 

 without the diamond shaped figure. In all the 

 other copies of which particular descriptions 

 have been obtained, the Indian new testament 

 title contains the diamond shaped figure. 



(20) Library of the Boston Athenaeum, Bos- ^ 

 ton, Mass. In half leather binding. With the 

 diamond shaped figure on the Indian new tes- 

 tament title. The first title and 35 leaves, or 

 all before Exodus v, are lacking, and also the 

 latter half of the metrical psalms, with the 

 final leaf of rules. The page headings of Luke 

 21 and 24, on the recto of leaves L2 and L4, are 

 wrongly printed 10 and 15 in this copy. It is 

 mentioned in Mr. Bartlett's list, printed in the 

 Historical Magazine (September, 1858), vol. 2, 

 p. 277. See the Catalogue of the Library of the 

 Boston Athenceum (Boston, 1874), vol. 1, p. 270. / 



(21) Boston Public Library, Boston, Mass. "^ 

 In the Prince collection, press mark 21.4. In 

 the original leather binding. With the dia- 

 mond shaped figure on the Indian new testa- 

 ment title. The last two leaves of the metrical 

 psalms and the final leaf of rules are lacking, 

 but have been supplied in manuscript fac- 

 simile. On the verso of the first title is writ- 

 ten, "Thomas Prince 6 Aug. 15. 1738. Gift of 

 Mr. Shipton." This was the date of its acqui- 

 sition by Mr. Prince At the top of the leaf of 

 contents is pasted the printed book-plate: 

 "This Book belongs to The Kew-England-Li- 

 brary. Begun to be collected by Thomas 

 Prince, upon his entring Harvard-(3ollege July 

 6. 1703 ; and was given by said Prince, to remain 

 therein for ever." On the first blank leaf is 

 written, " This copy of the Indian Bible be- 

 longs to the Old South Church Library Bos- 

 ton." The Rev. Thomas Prince was pastor of 

 the Old South Church in Boston from 1718 until 

 his death, October 22, 1758, aged 71 years. His 

 "New-England-Library" was one of the larg- 

 est and mos . important collections of the kind 

 formed in the eighte*»nth century. It was be- 

 queathed by Prince's will to the Old South 

 Church, in the steeple chamber of which it 

 was deposited. During the siege of Boston in 

 1775-76, the church was used as a riding school 

 by the British soldiers, and many of the books 

 were lost or carried away. In 1814 a small 

 portion of the library was deposited in the 

 rooms of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 

 and the remaining volumes were removed to 

 the house of the pastor, where they were kept 



