![[INDIAN LANGUAGES]. -- GARIN, Antoine Marie (1810-1889). Chemin de la croix et autres prieres a l'usage des sauvages des postes d'Albany, Savern, Martin's Falls (Baie d'Hudson). Montreal: Louis Perrault, 1856.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/NYR/2012_NYR_02622_0068_000(indian_languages_--_garin_antoine_marie_chemin_de_la_croix_et_autres_p080524).jpg?w=1)
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[INDIAN LANGUAGES]. -- GARIN, Antoine Marie (1810-1889). Chemin de la croix et autres prieres a l'usage des sauvages des postes d'Albany, Savern, Martin's Falls (Baie d'Hudson). Montreal: Louis Perrault, 1856.
16o (118 x 76 mm). Cree syllabic type. 16 hand-colored engraved plates of scenes from the life of Christ. (First two leaves becoming loose.) Original plum blind-decorated calf, title gilt-lettered in Cree syllabic type on the front cover (spine with chip at head and slightly faded).
FIRST EDITION OF THIS RARE CREE MANUAL, rarely found complete with all the plates. It was translated by Father A.M. Garin, Father Laverlochere and Mrs. Chorcoran, the wife of an official of the Hudson's Bay Company. It depicts the Stations of the Cross, with the plates illustrating the text. At the end are texts to several hymns. This is Garin's second work, after first publishing a catechism for the frontier tribes.
The Cree tribes ranged widely in the area around Hudson's Bay, and had contact with the Hudson's Bay Company from an early date. Ironically, perhaps because they were friendly, books were not published in the Cree language until 1841, and missionary efforts with Cree texts did not start in earnest until about 1855, at which time a distinctive Cree alphabet type was developed. Ayer Cree 38; Gagnon 3178; Lande S849 (calling for 15 plates only); Pilling Algonquin 201; Sabin 12420 (no plates).
16o (118 x 76 mm). Cree syllabic type. 16 hand-colored engraved plates of scenes from the life of Christ. (First two leaves becoming loose.) Original plum blind-decorated calf, title gilt-lettered in Cree syllabic type on the front cover (spine with chip at head and slightly faded).
FIRST EDITION OF THIS RARE CREE MANUAL, rarely found complete with all the plates. It was translated by Father A.M. Garin, Father Laverlochere and Mrs. Chorcoran, the wife of an official of the Hudson's Bay Company. It depicts the Stations of the Cross, with the plates illustrating the text. At the end are texts to several hymns. This is Garin's second work, after first publishing a catechism for the frontier tribes.
The Cree tribes ranged widely in the area around Hudson's Bay, and had contact with the Hudson's Bay Company from an early date. Ironically, perhaps because they were friendly, books were not published in the Cree language until 1841, and missionary efforts with Cree texts did not start in earnest until about 1855, at which time a distinctive Cree alphabet type was developed. Ayer Cree 38; Gagnon 3178; Lande S849 (calling for 15 plates only); Pilling Algonquin 201; Sabin 12420 (no plates).