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Published by Paul Gotthelf Kummer, Barby, Germany, 1789
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. "First issue with only six lines on verso of last leaf. " A valuable account of Moravian Missionary activity from 1735 - 1787 among the American Indians. Original calf binding with raised bands and spine label. Text's interior is tight, clean & intact without foxing. Page edges dyed red. German text. Religion; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 783 pages.
LOSKIEL, George Heinrich. History of the Mission of the United Bretheren Among the Indians in North America. Translated from the German by C.I. La Trobe. London: Printed for the Brethren's Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel, 1794. 1st ed. Three parts in one vol. xii, 159; 234; 233, (22)pp. Rebound in later 3/4 calf and marbled boards, with morocco label. Very good. Complete with the large folding map. Howes L-474. "Official account of work among the Indians on the New York, Pennsylvania and other frontiers, 1735-87. The English edition omits naming some former antagonists who had later become friendly.".