[Rarebooks] FS: Szmimeie-s Jesus Christ. A Catechism of the Christian Doctrine in the Flat-Head or Kalispell Language composed by the Missionaries of the Society of Jesus.

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[Giorda, Joseph,and Joseph Bandini and Joseph Mary Cataldo]. Szmimeie-s
Jesus Christ. A Catechism of the Christian Doctrine in the Flat-Head or
Kalispell Language composed by the Missionaries of the Society of Jesus. St.
Ignatius Print, Montana: 1880. First Edition. Small octavo (measures approx.
7-1/4 x 5-3/4"). 45pp. Self-wrappers (though apparently trimmed, as
Schoenberg's copy is a good 20% larger), soiling and folded corners
throughout; signatures loose, but complete. A Good copy of a rare Jesuit
Mission Press imprint. SCHOENBERG 7, PILLING, Salishan, p28. // 

"Part I" (p1-17) contains prayers and a catechism; "Part II" (p19-45)
contains prayers and hymns. //"It was in the Mission Boys' School that the
St. Ignatius Press operated. Learning to set type and to operate the press
was one occupation, among others, for Indian boys who attended the school."
(Schoenberg, p11) The school did not acquire a press until 1875; and it is
no small accomplishment that the most impressive item to be produced (A
Dictionary of the Kalispel, 1877-9) came off the press within a few years.
(41011)	$750.00

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