Testamenta Marra. Jesuni Christuni Ngantjani Jaura ninaia karitjimalkana wonti Dieri Jaurani
Tanunda, 'ev-luth. Immanuel-Synode in Australien' (and printed by G. Auricht), 1897.
Octavo, 600 pages (in fact, 606 pages, as the last three leaves are present twice).
Original plain quarter tan roan and purple cloth (the rare but less durable primary binding); all edges speckled; slight surface loss to the leather, with a small portion of the spine a little discoloured; cloth slightly mottled, with a thin faded strip across the top of the front cover; an excellent copy (internally in fine condition).
Ferguson 6998: 'The first complete translation (of the New Testament) into an aboriginal language (Dieri)'.
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