The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Edited with an Introduction by Henry Wilder Foote [Signed] [The Jefferson Bible]
Published by The Beacon Press, Boston, Mass., 1951
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.The BiblioFile
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Stated copyright 1951, The Beacon Press. Signed at title page: "Henry Wilder Foote". Foote wrote a new twenty-five page introduction for this volume and was a Professor at Harvard and Unitarian minister. Handy 4 1/2" x 7 1/4" design. Dark green boards, black stamped quotations, maroon cloth spine wrap, gilt spine titles, moderate shelf, corner wear, rub. Pages generally near fine, moderate toning. Some fox, discoloration at front and back endpapers. Vintage signature at front endpaper: "Wilbur S. Doyle". Rare near very good unique volume. Quotation at front and back boards: "A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them I will liken him unto a wise man which built his house upon a rock". Full title: "The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, Extracted Textually from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, by Thomas Jefferson." Contents: "Introduction, by Henry Wilder Foote; Acknowledgments; A Table of the Texts; The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth; Index of Extracts from the New Testament". Presented here is Jefferson's Bible in which is underscored the passages from the Gospels directly related to words and actions of Jesus. This is, in regards, Jefferson's attempt to remove supernatural aspects of Bible to further clarify Jesus' doctrine. "Thomas Jefferson's mission was leadership. Without an effort on his part, expressions from his lips, that from other men's would scarcely have attracted notice, became thenceforth axioms, creeds, and gathering-cries to great masses of his countrymen." - Henry S. Randall. From colophon at back: "This book designed by Warren Chappell has been set in his Linotype Trajanus by Huxley House and printed by Sterlip Press on Colophon Text. The Binding is by Russell Rutter." 151 pages. Insured post. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Edited with an Introduction by Henry Wilder Foote [Signed] [The Jefferson Bible]
- Author
- Jefferson, Thomas; Foote, Henry Wilder (Introduction)
- Publisher
- The Beacon Press, Boston, Mass.
- Publication year
- 1951
- Condition
- Good
- Signed
- Signed by Contributor
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First Edition Thus.
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