Wesley, Samuel. The life of our blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ. : An heroic poem: dedicated to Her most sacred Majesty. In ten books. Attempted by Samuel Wesley, M.A. chaplain to the most honourable John Lord Marquess of Normanby, and rector of Epworth in the county of Lincoln. Each book illustrated by necessary notes, explaining all the more difficult matters in the whole history: also a prefatory discourse concerning heroic poetry

Folger bibliographic ID: 144608
ESTC number: R219943
Wing number: W1373A
Folger call number: W1373A
Folger holdings ID: 145798

Edition

The second edition, revised by the author, and improved with the addition of a large map of the Holy-land, and a table of the principle matters. With sixty copper-plates, by the celebrated hand of W. Faithorn

Bibliographic format

folio

General notes

With an added engraved title page: The life of Christ. An heroic poem. In ten books with sixty copper plates With a table of contents and 3 final advertisment pages at end of text In verse, apart from the notes

Item information about Folger W1373A

128169. Imperfect: lacking leaves 2Y4, 2Z⁴ and 3A² (p. 351-355, table of contents and final advertisement pages). Plate 33 cropped, supplied from another copy. Plate 16 misbound after plate 17, plate 41 misbound after plate 43. Map backed

Extended title: The life of our blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ. : An heroic poem: dedicated to Her most sacred Majesty. In ten books. Attempted by Samuel Wesley, M.A. chaplain to the most honourable John Lord Marquess of Normanby, and rector of Epworth in the county of Lincoln. Each book illustrated by necessary notes, explaining all the more difficult matters in the whole history: also a prefatory discourse concerning heroic poetry
Alternate titles: Life of Christ

Jesus Christ

author: Wesley, Samuel, 1662-1735
subject: Jesus Christ
printmaker: Faithorne, William, 1616-1691