Ka Palapala Hemolele a Iehova ko kakou Akua. Oahu: Missionary Press, 1838[-39]. 2 volumes in 1. * BOUND WITH: Ke Kauoha Hou a ko Kakou Haku e Ola'i, A Iesu Kristo.... Honolulu: Missionary Press, 1837. [4], 923, [924]; 887, [1]; 520 pp. 12mo (185 x 108 mm). Period full black straight-grain morocco, rebacked preserving original spine, titled in gilt. Some occasional light dampstains, mainly in margins, scattered foxing, browning to final leaves, binding with some repaired loss, general wear, much better than often found. First complete edition of the Bible in Hawaiian, with the second edition of the New Testament in Hawaiian, the first having been printed in 1835. The translation of the Bible was a massive undertaking which was completed during a ten-year period by Lorrin Andrews, Artemas Bishop, Hiram Bingham, Sheldon Dibble, Asa Thurston, Ephraim W. Clark, Jonathan S. Green, and William Richards Forbes 1108. See illustration.
Ka Palapala Hemolele a Iehova ko kakou Akua. Oahu: Missionary Press, 1838[-39]. 2 volumes in 1. * BOUND WITH: Ke Kauoha Hou a ko Kakou Haku e Ola'i, A Iesu Kristo.... Honolulu: Missionary Press, 1837. [4], 923, [924]; 887, [1]; 520 pp. 12mo (185 x 108 mm). Period full black straight-grain morocco, rebacked preserving original spine, titled in gilt. Some occasional light dampstains, mainly in margins, scattered foxing, browning to final leaves, binding with some repaired loss, general wear, much better than often found. First complete edition of the Bible in Hawaiian, with the second edition of the New Testament in Hawaiian, the first having been printed in 1835. The translation of the Bible was a massive undertaking which was completed during a ten-year period by Lorrin Andrews, Artemas Bishop, Hiram Bingham, Sheldon Dibble, Asa Thurston, Ephraim W. Clark, Jonathan S. Green, and William Richards Forbes 1108. See illustration.
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