[Rarebooks] FS: Extremely scarce first bibliography of phonetic books in American Indian languages. Washington: 1849

[Kenneth Karmiole]

[Schoolcraft, Henry R.]. A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CATALOGUE OF BOOKS, TRANSLATIONS OF THE SCRIPTURES, AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS IN THE INDIAN TONGUES OF THE UNITED STATES, with Brief Critical Notices. Washington, DC: C. Alexander, Printer. 1849. 27,(1)pp. With the half-title (slip cancel on the verso). Text with some foxing. Stabbed & tied at inner margin. Half-title & tile page with an old water stain at inner and bottom blank margins.    $500.00 (trade discount allowed)
The extremely scarce first bibliography of phonetic books printed in the Indian languages of the United States (including the colonial era). Text in five chapters: Iroquois, Algonquin, Appalachian, Dacota, and Saptinic.

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