The new and complete life of our blessed Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ: that great example, as well as Saviour of mankind ... By Paul Wright, D.D. ... Embellished with the most elegant, valuable, and numerous set of large copper-plate prints ever published in a work of this kind: finely engraved from the original drawings of Hamilton, Chalmers, West, Samuel Wale, Esq. &c. by the best American artists.

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  • The new and complete life of our blessed Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ: that great example, as well as Saviour of mankind ... By Paul Wright, D.D. ... Embellished with the most elegant, valuable, and numerous set of large copper-plate prints ever published in a work of this kind: finely engraved from the original drawings of Hamilton, Chalmers, West, Samuel Wale, Esq. &c. by the best American artists.
  • Life of our blessed Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ
  • New and complete life of our blessed Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
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Imprint
New York: --Printed and published by Birdsall and Menut, no. 80, Cherry-Street, --Anno Domini 1795--
Added name
Wright, Paul, d. 1785. Birdsall, Nathaniel, printer. Menut, Alexander, printer. Tanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848, engraver. Rollinson, William, 1762-1842, engraver. Doolittle, Amos, 1754-1832, engraver. Tisdale, Elkanah, 1768-1835, engraver. Scoles, John, 1772?-1853, engraver. Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870, engraver.
Publication year
1795
ESTC No.
W23228
Grub Street ID
333122
Description
427 [i.e., 428], [4] p., [30] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill., 1 map ; 2⁰
Note
In fact an edition of John Fleetwood's 'The life of our blessed Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ'.

"First published in thirty numbers, of sixteen pages and an engraving, each. The completed volume bearing the date of the first number, although publication was not completed until 1796 or 1797. The Philadelphia edition differs from the New York edition only in its title page the plates are from several sources .."--Evans 29927.

Engravings by Benjamin Tanner, William Rollinson, Amos Doolittle, Elkanah Tisdale, John Scoles, and Alexander Anderson.

Printed in two columns; numerous errors in pagination. In some copies the pagination errors on p. 269, 289, 292 and 372 are corrected.
Uncontrolled note
Signatures: [A]? B-U? W? X-2U? 2W? 2X-3U? 3W? 3X-4U? 4W? 4X-5M? (5M2 blank; gatherings 2C, 3F, 5L, 5M unsigned)