THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, WITH BREIF NOTES AND INSTRUCTIONS:  CONTAINING THE REFERENCES AND MARGINAL READINGS OF THE POLYGLOT BIBLE

New York, American Tract Society

1847

Item Description: American Tract Society (1847/8).  The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, with Brief Notes and Instructions: Containing the References and Marginal Readings of The Polyglot Bible.  New York, American Tract Society.  8vo half bound in calf. 1496pp. First edition. Some wear to cover.  Spine loose near top.  Marbled endpapers; front coming quite loose. Text clean with normal signs of use. Includes colored maps of the Holy Land and Paul’s Missionary Journeys.  Includes Psalms and a Harmony of the Gospel.  A good facsimile copy.

Historical Provenance: “Designed to give the results of critical investigation, and to assist common readers to understand the meaning fo the Holy Spirit in the inspired word; including the references and marginal readings of the Polyglot Bible…Carefully revised and approved by the Publishing Committee of the American Tract Society.  The value of a work thus briefly giving results of investigation is inestimable to those who have not means to procure nor time to read larger commentaries.”*

*First Annual Report of the Pennsylvania Agency of the American Tract Society, May, 1854.

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