1858
by Gilbert Islands printing
1858. [Ponape: 1858?].
Broadside, 24 x 20cm, uncut as issued, verso blank. Slight stain in left margin, creasing to lower right corner; very good.
§ A spelling sheet, untitled. Apparently the first example of Gilbertese printing, cited by the bibliographer Ballou as the first example from the press there established under Hiram Bingham II's mission. See Ballou: "Preliminary Bibliography of Books in the Language of Micronesia." [Boston, 1900]. E. F. Kunz: "Annotated Bibliography of the Languages of the Gilbert Islands Ellice Island and Nauru" [Sydney, 1959]. Kunz locates only one copy [at Harvard]. (Inventory #: 106831)
Broadside, 24 x 20cm, uncut as issued, verso blank. Slight stain in left margin, creasing to lower right corner; very good.
§ A spelling sheet, untitled. Apparently the first example of Gilbertese printing, cited by the bibliographer Ballou as the first example from the press there established under Hiram Bingham II's mission. See Ballou: "Preliminary Bibliography of Books in the Language of Micronesia." [Boston, 1900]. E. F. Kunz: "Annotated Bibliography of the Languages of the Gilbert Islands Ellice Island and Nauru" [Sydney, 1959]. Kunz locates only one copy [at Harvard]. (Inventory #: 106831)
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