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Facsimile of Père Marquette's Illinois prayer book : It's history by the owner, Colonel J.L. Hubert Neilson, M.D.

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Main Author: Allouez, Claude, 1622-1689.
Corporate Author: Literary and Historical Society of Quebec.
Contributors: Marquette, Jacques, 1637-1675., Neilson, J. L. Hubert 1845-1925.
Format: Book
Language:English
Algonquian
Published: Quebec : Published by the Quebec Literary and Historical Society, 1908.
Subjects and Genres:
Marquette, Jacques, > 1637-1675.
Jesuits > Prayers and devotions.
Jesuits > Missions > Illinois.
Catholic Church > Prayers and devotions.
Église catholique > Prières et dévotions.
Catholic Church.
Jesuits.
Illinois language > Texts.
Illinois Indians > Missions.
Illinois (Langue) > Textes.
Illinois (Indiens) > Missions.
Illinois language.
Missions.
Illinois.
Prayers and devotions.
Texts.
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Item Description: The manuscript reproduced here in facsimile contains prayers in the Illinois language, composed by the Jesuit missionary Claude Allouez for the use of Père Jacques Marquette--See p. 8.
Facsimile is preceded by an historical essay by J.L. Hubert Neilson, with caption title: History of the manuscript and pewter plate.
"In commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the founding of Quebec, July, 1608."
Half-title page has title: Praeces Ilinicae.
"300 copies numbered"--Title page verso.
Physical Description: 12 pages, 63 unnumbered leaves of plates : facsimiles, illustrations, 2 portraits ; 16 x 23 cm

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