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The life of our blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ : An heroic poem : dedicated to Her most sacred Majesty : In ten books / Attempted by Samuel Wesley, rector of South-Ormsby in the county of Lincoln ; Each book illustrated by necessary notes, explaining all the more difficult matters in the whole history ; also a prefatory discourse concerning heroic poetry ; With sixty copper-plates.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Folio PR3763.W59 A7 1693
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wesley, Samuel, 1662-1735.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jesus Christ--Poetry.
- Jesus Christ.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Penn Provenance:
- Elias, Archibald C. (donor)
- Whitfield, A. Stanton (bookplate)
- Cooke, Keil(?) (autograph)
- Physical Description:
- 32 unnumbered pages, 238, 233-349 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 60 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm (folio)
- Other Title:
- Life of Christ
- Life of our blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
- Fingerprint:
- y.t, ealy e.h, HeT' (3) 1693 (A)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for Charles Harper, at the Flower-de-Luce, over against S. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, and Benj. Motte in Aldersgatestreet, 1693.
- Notes:
- Primarily in verse.
- Title page in red and black.
- With additional engraved title page (plate): The life of Christ.
- Text is continuous despite pagination.
- Advertisement: [3] p. at end.
- Errata: preliminary p. [34]
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Cited in:
- Wing W1371
- ESTC R038249
- OCLC:
- 473994908
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