[Rarebooks] FS: Catholic missionary Durien's 1896 Polyglot Manual of catechism for the Indian tribes of British Columbia

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Durien, Paul [or, Pierre-Paul Durieu]. [POLYGLOT MANUAL] English Manual on Prayers and Catechism in English Typography [plus 10 other titles]. Kamloops, B.C.: (P. Durien). 1896. 12mo. Double column text. A collection of eleven variously paginated manuals in English, followed by the various Indian languages of British Columbia (i.e., Chinook, Stalo, Thompson, Lilloet, Okanagon, Shushwap, Skwamish, Sheshel, and Slayamen). Including 62 pages of their hymns and chants recorded in printed music. Orig. black leather, front cover stamped in gilt "Polyglot Manual." Fine copy.    $1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
Durien (also spelled Durieu) was a Roman Catholic missionary and the first Bishop of New Westminster, in British Columbia, Canada.

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