1894 Maori Language New Testament Holy Bible Kawenata Hou New Zealand Waiapu

1894 Maori Language New Testament Holy Bible Kawenata Hou New Zealand Waiapu

 

A rare, late 19^th-century Maori translation of the New Testament Bible. According to Darlow and Moule,

“In 1884m at the request of the BFBS, W Maunsell undertook a fresh revision of the whole Bible, adding chapter-headings. It was issued in 1889. [This 1894 reissue] features additions of marginal references prepared by W. Leonard Williams, afterwards third Bishop of Waiapu. Text in paragraphs, with chapter-headings, and marginal references and dates. (D&M 6656, 6657)

 

The eighth edition of the New Testament written in the Māori language. According to Williams, the printer is identified as W. Clowes & Sons. This printing, according to Lineham, is

“the greatest Maori publication of the 19^th-century”

 

Item number: #1559

Price: $499

 

DAY, Samuel Phillips

 

Ko te Kawenata Hou a to tatou ariki a te kai whakaora a Ihu Karaiti : he mea Whakamaori mai no te reo Kariki.

 

London : Printed for the British and Foreign Bible Society [BFBS], 1894.

 

Details:

• Collation complete with all pages: 250, [2]
• References: Darlow and Moule 6656, 6657; Williams 876; Lineham, Tampering with the Sacred Text, 26-45;
• Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
• Language: Maori
• Size: ~8in X 5.5in (20cm x 14cm)

 

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