Rare Illustrated Bible Work for Indian Youth

(INDIANS). LUCKENBACH, A[BRAHAM]. Forty-Six Select Scripture Narratives from the Old Testament. Embellished with Engravings, for the Use of Indian Youth. Translated into Delaware Indian. New-York: Daniel Fanshaw, 1838. First American edition. 12mo. 16, 304 pp. Dozens of small engavings throughout the text. Contemp. calf, worn, front cover nearly detached. $425.00

Rinderknecht 49189. Sabin 42629, for the 1836 Canadian edition (unlocated). This edition not in Sabin, but describes Luckenbach as a member of the Delaware tribe into whose language the work is translated, but more likely he was a Moravian missionary. There are English and Indian title pages, an English preface, plus English selection headings in the table of contents. Selections prepared for Indian youth are uncommon.