[Crow Language]

[Prayers in the Crow Indian Language Composed by the Missionaries of the Society of Jesus]

[De Smet, Id. De Smet Mission, 1891]. [2],10pp. Gathered signatures, never bound into the original printed wrappers. Minor edge wear. Untrimmed. Very good plus. Item #2686

A rare prayerbook printed in the Siouan language of Crow, with headings printed in Latin. The work was published by the missionaries of the Society of Jesus, at their De Smet Mission Press in Idaho. The present copy begins with the title page, which reads, "Preces Lingua Absavuki seu Corvorum Indorum." This copy lacks wrappers most likely because, according to Schoenberg, "Though published separately, this work often appears bound with other imprints from the same press, particularly with Cataldo's Catechism and the Selecta ex Historia Sacra." As such, this copy was very likely reserved by the missionaries in De Smet for inclusion in a sammelband, and thus lacks the wrappers.

"It is probable that the greatest portion of the work was done by Prando, recognized by the Jesuits as their greatest authority on the Crow language" - Schoenberg.
Schoenberg, Jesuit Mission Presses 74.

Price: $350.00