![INNOCENT OF ALASKA – VENIAMINOV, Ivan (1797-1879). Zamechaniia o Koloshenskom i Kad’iakskom Iazikakh i otchasti o prochikh Rossiisko-Amerikanskikh, s prisovokupleniem Rossiisko-Koloshenskago slovaria. [Remarks on the Kolosh and Kadiak Languages, and partly on other Russian-American Languages, with the addition of a Russian-Kolosh Dictionary.] St. Petersburg: at the Press of the Imperial Academy of Science, 1846.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2017/NYR/2017_NYR_15724_0414_000(innocent_of_alaska_veniaminov_ivan_zamechaniia_o_koloshenskom_i_kadiak062751).jpg?w=1)
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INNOCENT OF ALASKA – VENIAMINOV, Ivan (1797-1879). Zamechaniia o Koloshenskom i Kad’iakskom Iazikakh i otchasti o prochikh Rossiisko-Amerikanskikh, s prisovokupleniem Rossiisko-Koloshenskago slovaria. [Remarks on the Kolosh and Kadiak Languages, and partly on other Russian-American Languages, with the addition of a Russian-Kolosh Dictionary.] St. Petersburg: at the Press of the Imperial Academy of Science, 1846.
The first edition; an uncut copy in the original wrappers of this “very valuable work” (Lada-Mocarski). Publications by travelers about the languages of new peoples are often little more than collections of incidental observations. But this important work summarizes more than twenty years of linguistic research. Veniaminov – later Saint Innocent of Alaska – was a missionary priest who became the first Orthodox bishop in the Americas. His success in extending Russian Orthodoxy in these largely uncharted lands was primarily the result of his dedication to learning local languages. Notably, Veniaminov encouraged literacy – and therefore the ability of locals to proselytize – by devising an alphabet for the most widely used Aleut dialect (Unangan). Arctic Bib. 69060; Lada-Mocarski 126; Wickersham 5869.
Octavo (230 x 165mm, with deckle edges). With the errata leaf. Folding letterpress table (short tear in the inside margin of the last few leaves). Unopened in the original green paper wrappers, spine and sides printed in black (small losses to the spine affecting a few letters); custom green morocco backed slipcase and chemise. Provenance: William Reese Co.
The first edition; an uncut copy in the original wrappers of this “very valuable work” (Lada-Mocarski). Publications by travelers about the languages of new peoples are often little more than collections of incidental observations. But this important work summarizes more than twenty years of linguistic research. Veniaminov – later Saint Innocent of Alaska – was a missionary priest who became the first Orthodox bishop in the Americas. His success in extending Russian Orthodoxy in these largely uncharted lands was primarily the result of his dedication to learning local languages. Notably, Veniaminov encouraged literacy – and therefore the ability of locals to proselytize – by devising an alphabet for the most widely used Aleut dialect (Unangan). Arctic Bib. 69060; Lada-Mocarski 126; Wickersham 5869.
Octavo (230 x 165mm, with deckle edges). With the errata leaf. Folding letterpress table (short tear in the inside margin of the last few leaves). Unopened in the original green paper wrappers, spine and sides printed in black (small losses to the spine affecting a few letters); custom green morocco backed slipcase and chemise. Provenance: William Reese Co.