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MĀORI BIBLE - Ko te Paipera Tapu ara, ko te Kawenata Tawhito me to Kawenata Hou.
Estimate:
$600 - $800
Sold
$500
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169: Rare Books
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MĀORI BIBLE
Ko te Paipera Tapu ara, ko te Kawenata Tawhito me to Kawenata Hou.
Ranana: He mea ta ki te Petehi a W.M. Watts, ma rte Koniti ta Paipera mo Ingarani mo te ao katoa 1868. [4] pp, 1199, double columns. First complete Māori bible containing the Old Testament pp1-910 and the New Testament with title page at p [911]. First 3 pages with neat tissue repairs along fore edge 220mm, rebound in full leather with the blind stamped leather from the original boards laid on. With A. Dudley Dobson's signature and dated 1907 on fly leaf, loosely enclosed in the same hand a page of notes titled 'Words and Meanings as found in Paipera Tapu'.
Sir Arthur Dudley Dobson (9 September 1841 – 5 March 1934) was a pioneer surveyor, engineer and explorer in New Zealand.
An attractive, tidy complete copy of the first Māori bible published. W. 434
Provenance: Library of Richard Nunns.
Ko te Paipera Tapu ara, ko te Kawenata Tawhito me to Kawenata Hou.
Ranana: He mea ta ki te Petehi a W.M. Watts, ma rte Koniti ta Paipera mo Ingarani mo te ao katoa 1868. [4] pp, 1199, double columns. First complete Māori bible containing the Old Testament pp1-910 and the New Testament with title page at p [911]. First 3 pages with neat tissue repairs along fore edge 220mm, rebound in full leather with the blind stamped leather from the original boards laid on. With A. Dudley Dobson's signature and dated 1907 on fly leaf, loosely enclosed in the same hand a page of notes titled 'Words and Meanings as found in Paipera Tapu'.
Sir Arthur Dudley Dobson (9 September 1841 – 5 March 1934) was a pioneer surveyor, engineer and explorer in New Zealand.
An attractive, tidy complete copy of the first Māori bible published. W. 434
Provenance: Library of Richard Nunns.
