An abridgment of the New Testament, or, The life, miracles, and death of our lord & savior Jesus Christ / embellished with beautiful engravings.
Bibliographic Citation:
An abridgment of the New Testament, or, The life, miracles, and death of our lord & savior Jesus Christ / embellished with beautiful engravings. Glasgow : Sold wholesale by J. Lumsden and Son, [ca. 1815].
Alternative Title:
Life, miracles, and death of our lord & savior Jesus Christ
Publisher:
Sold wholesale by J. Lumsden and Son, [ca. 1815].
Notes:
  • At foot of t.p.: (Two-Pence).
  • "Reflections," pp. [38]-47.
  • First and last pp. blank. T.p. printed on verso of 1st leaf.
  • Includes 8 etchings printed in sanguine.
  • First sentence: "Now when the time appointed was come, God sent an angel to a city of Nazareth, to a young wonman named Mary, who was engaged to be married to a man named Joseph, who was a descendant from David."
  • Probable date from Roscoe & Brimmell's Lumsden & Son of Glasgow as cited below.
  • Citations/References: Roscoe & Brimmell. Lumsden, 32
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: 8 leaves of etchings in sanguine - 2 scenes to each leaf; drab wrappers; Osborne P.751; Lumsden - Roscoe & Brimell, 332, Jo Ann Reisler March/82 $75.00; Hobbyhorse Books, Ho Ho Kus, N.J. - '90 - $255.00; Hobbyhorse Books - '95 - $300.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 11 cm.
Language:
English
Chapbook Category:
Religious and Moral
Digital Collection:
McGill Library's Chapbook Collection
Sponsor:
The McGill Library's Chapbook Collection was made possible through a generous donation from the Harold Crabtree Foundation.
Copyright:
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Link to this chapbook:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=8273
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_L86_A37_1815