Le Nouveau Testament de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ, en Francais, sur la Vulgate. Traduction de L. M. De Sacy. Revue sur les meilleures editions.

Boston, (MA): De l'imprimerie de J. T. Buckingham, 1810. First American edition of a complete translation of the New Testament into French. 8vo. 2 volumes: 403; 326, (1, errata) pp. With the half-titles. American Imprints 19531. Finotti "Catholica Americana," pp. 39-43 (a long entry, including material related to Jean-Louis Lefebvre Cheverus [1768-1836], the first Catholic Bishop of Boston, under who aegis this work was published). Text toned, scattered light foxing, a very good untrimmed copy. Original drab boards, rebacked in beige cloth with new blue-green spine labels, custom cloth clamshell box with paper spine label. (9852. Item #63075

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