The new and complete life of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ: that great Example, as well as Saviour of mankind. Containing a more complete, authentic ... and full account ... of all the real facts, relating to the exemplary life, meritorious sufferings, and triumphant death of Our Glorious Redeemer ... To which is added a new, complete and authentic history of the lives ... of His holy apostles, evangelists, disciples, and other ... primitive Christians ... also a new, useful, and interesting account of ... John the Baptist; and likewise the life of the blessed Virgin Mary: together with a faithful account of the successors of the apostles, for three hundred years after the crucifixion ... The whole interspersed with practical improvements, and useful remarks ... / By Paul Wright ... Embellished with ... large copper-plate prints ... finely engraved from the original drawings of Hamilton, Chalmers, West ... &c., by the best American artists.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Wright, Paul, -1785.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Jesus Christ--Biography--Early works to 1800.
• Jesus Christ.
• Apostles.
• Pepper, William Platt, Mrs. (donor).

Local Subjects:

• Pepper, William Platt, Mrs. (donor).

Genre:

• Biographies.
• Subscription lists (Publishing) -- Pennsylvania -- 18th century.

Physical Description:

iv pages, 5 unnumbered pages-407 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 25 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm (folio)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed by Tertius Dunning and Walter W. Hyer, no. 73, Market-street, 1795.

Notes:

• Published in 30 nos., 1795 to 1796 or 7, each containing 16 p. and a plate. cf. Charles Evans. American bibliography, no. 29927.
• First published in London [1785?]
• List of subscribers: p. [1]-[3] at the end.

Cited in:

Evans 29927

OCLC:

2275532