Wesley, John
Instructions for Children, Lord’s Prayer, Creed & Ten Commandments - English & Cingalese, 1818. Colombo. Wesleyan Mission Press.
Early printing from Colombo on the education of children in the native language
Exceptionally rare early imprint from the Wesleyan Mission Press. The British Methodist Mission to Ceylon was initiated by Dr. Thomas Coke. Together with seven other missionaries he left Portsmouth in December 1813. Coke himself died on board the ship but in June 1814 the other missionaries arriving at Galle (at the southern tip of Ceylon). The Wesleyans acquired the presses and equipment of the Colombo Auxiliary Bible Society in 1816 and started to print publications under William Martin Harvard’s supervision. (Ref. Nigel Seeley).
Exceptionally rare early imprint from the Wesleyan Mission Press. The British Methodist Mission to Ceylon was initiated by Dr. Thomas Coke. Together with seven other missionaries he left Portsmouth in December 1813. Coke himself died on board the ship but in June 1814 the other missionaries arriving at Galle (at the southern tip of Ceylon). The Wesleyans acquired the presses and equipment of the Colombo Auxiliary Bible Society in 1816 and started to print publications under William Martin Harvard’s supervision. (Ref. Nigel Seeley).
$ 4,000.00
Further images
8vo, (101 x 147 cm). 29 pp. Parallel text in English and Sinhalese. Original wrappers, chipped along edges and small piece of lower rear wrapper missing.
We locate copies at the Royal Danish Library, Harvard Divinity School(mentioning 9 pages only).
Colin Clair, The Spread of Printing, Eastern Hemisphere India, Burmam, Ceylon,p. 73–5. Nigel Seeley, Bibliography of Ceylon Imprints.
We locate copies at the Royal Danish Library, Harvard Divinity School(mentioning 9 pages only).
Colin Clair, The Spread of Printing, Eastern Hemisphere India, Burmam, Ceylon,p. 73–5. Nigel Seeley, Bibliography of Ceylon Imprints.
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