1356517 THE LIFE AND MORALS OF JESUS OF NAZARETH EXTRACTED TEXTUALLY FROM THE GOSPELS IN GREEK,LATIN, FRENCH, AND ENGLISH. Thomas Jefferson, Cyrus Adler.
THE LIFE AND MORALS OF JESUS OF NAZARETH EXTRACTED TEXTUALLY FROM THE GOSPELS IN GREEK,LATIN, FRENCH, AND ENGLISH
THE LIFE AND MORALS OF JESUS OF NAZARETH EXTRACTED TEXTUALLY FROM THE GOSPELS IN GREEK,LATIN, FRENCH, AND ENGLISH
THE LIFE AND MORALS OF JESUS OF NAZARETH EXTRACTED TEXTUALLY FROM THE GOSPELS IN GREEK,LATIN, FRENCH, AND ENGLISH
THE LIFE AND MORALS OF JESUS OF NAZARETH EXTRACTED TEXTUALLY FROM THE GOSPELS IN GREEK,LATIN, FRENCH, AND ENGLISH
THE LIFE AND MORALS OF JESUS OF NAZARETH EXTRACTED TEXTUALLY FROM THE GOSPELS IN GREEK,LATIN, FRENCH, AND ENGLISH
THE LIFE AND MORALS OF JESUS OF NAZARETH EXTRACTED TEXTUALLY FROM THE GOSPELS IN GREEK,LATIN, FRENCH, AND ENGLISH

THE LIFE AND MORALS OF JESUS OF NAZARETH EXTRACTED TEXTUALLY FROM THE GOSPELS IN GREEK,LATIN, FRENCH, AND ENGLISH

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904. Limited Edition, 1/9000. Octavo, 18 pages, 84 leaves; G; bound in publisher's full straight grained red morocco, gilt borders to boards; gutters reinforced with cloth, hinges separated; some rubbing and wear, primarily to head and tail of spine, hinges; bumping to corners; marbled endpapers; Ex-library, Dominican College, with usual stamps and markings; shelved case 1.

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Price: $350

NOTES

Facsimile reproduction of Jefferson's manuscript (the original consisting of hand-written table of texts and title page, followed by cut-and-pasted print extracts of Gospel texts from various editions in the several languages, with the title page and "Table" in Jefferson's handwriting).;

From the introduction: "Printed in pursuance to the following concurrent resolution adopted by the Fifty-seventh Congress, first session, "That there be printed and bound, by photolithographic process, with an introduction of not to exceed twenty-five pages, to be prepared by Dr. Cyrus Adler, librarian of the Smithsonian institution, for the use of Congress, 9,000 copies of Thomas Jefferson's Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, as the same appears in the National museum; 3,000 copies for the use of the Senate and 6,000 copies for the House"";