Mar 8, 2017
We love the handsome simplicity of this #boringbutbeautiful binding, but these covers conceal something truly amazing. This is the first complete Bible printed in the Western Hemisphere, and it is written in the Natick or Massachusett language of the Algonquin people. [Mamusse Wunneetupanatamwe Up-Biblum God Naneeswe Nukkone Testament Kah Wonk Wusku Testament. Translated by John Eliot. Cambridge: printed by Samuel Green and Marmaduke Johnson, 1663. Collection of the Rosenbach, A663]. (at Rosenbach Museum & Library)