1894 Maori Language New Testament Holy Bible Kawenata Hou New Zealand Waiapu
A rare, late 19th-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 19th-century”
1894 Maori Language New Testament Holy Bible Kawenata Hou New Zealand Waiapu
A rare, late 19th-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 19th-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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1559
Category
Religion
Authors
DAY, Samuel Phillips
Printing Date
19th Century
Language
Other
Binding
Leather
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete