Facsimile of Pere 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
Other Authors: Marquette, Jacques, 1637-1675, Neilson, J. L. Hubert (John Louis Hubert), 1845-
Format: Book
Language:English
Algonquian
Created: Quebec : Published by the Quebec Literary and Historical Society, 1908.
Subjects:
Marquette, Jacques, > 1637-1675.
Jesuits > Prayers and devotions.
Jesuits > Missions > Illinois.
Catholic Church > Prayers and devotions.
Illinois language > Texts.
Illinois Indians > Missions.
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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 Pere 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. Loyola's copy is no. 195.
Physical Description:12 pages, [63] leaves of plates : facsimiles, illustrations, 2 portraits ; 16 x 23 cm

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