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WRIGHT, Paul. The New and Complete Life of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Philadelphia: Tertius Dunning & Walter W. Hyer, 1795.
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WRIGHT, Paul. The New and Complete Life of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Philadelphia: Tertius Dunning & Walter W. Hyer, 1795.

Folio (310 x 194 mm). 24 copperplate engravings. (Blessed Savior plate disbound with slight fraying to edges, some minor browning or soiling.) Contemporary sheep (joints starting, some overall wear). 
 
ESTC describes this work as actually an edition of John Fleetwood’s The Life of our Blessed Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, first published in London 1766.  “First published in thirty numbers of 16 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 [Evans 29928] only in its title page. The plates are from several sources” (Evans). The priority of American editions is not established. ESTC W13832; Evans 29927.

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