A Dictionary of the Choctaw Language
Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 46 Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1915.
Hardcover. Octavo. xi, 611 pages. Frontispiece portrait illustration of the author. Olive green cloth hardcover with gilt title and small illustrations on the spine. Light shelf wear to the cloth binding. Small water stain on the foredge not affecting the interior contents. Light toning on the edges of the title page. Small tear to the paper on the rear paste down. A good or better copy.
Cyrus Byington was born in 1783 and was a Missionary to the Choctaw Nation. The first draft of Choctaw Grammar was completed in 1834. He died in 1868 while working on his seventh revision. Good. Item #36011
Price: $80.00