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Title: Naujas istatimas Jezaus Christaus wieszpaties musu / lietuwiszku liežuwiu iszgulditas par Jozapa Arnulpa kunigaykszti Giedrayti wiskupa žiemayciu, ženklinika S. Stanislowo.
Title in English: New Testament of Our Lord Jesus Christ / Written in the Lithuanian Tongue by Duke Juozapas Arnulfas Giedraitis, Bishop of Samogitia, Badge Holder of Stanislow.
Published: Vilnius: Kunigų Misionierių leid. 1816.
This is a copy of the first Lithuanian translation of the entire New Testament. The book was translated by the Bishop of Samogitia Juozapas Arnulfas Giedraitis (1754–1838), who also oversaw its printing and distribution. The book was printed in the Missionaries Printing House (also called Diecezija Printing House) that operated in Vilnius in 1798–1843. It printed religious and secular books in Polish, Lithuanian, and Latin.
Reference: "The Collection of Lawyer Jaunius Gumbis: the Past Preserved in Books". Museum and Collector - 7. Vilnius: National Museum of Lithuania, 2018, p. 178.
Published: "The Collection of Lawyer Jaunius Gumbis: the Past Preserved in Books". Museum and Collector - 7. Vilnius: National Museum of Lithuania, 2018, p. 178-179.