Le Nouveau Testament de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ, en Français, sur la Vulgate. (2 Volumes in 1)
Boston: J. T. Buckingham, 1810. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Item #10961
Octavo. 403, [1], 326, [1 (errata)], [1] pp. First edition, thus. In contemporary marbled calf with morocco title label. Light rubbing to the extremities including the front joint, but quite a nice copy; persistent but fairly even toning/foxing throughout, otherwise contents clean.
A beautiful copy in contemporary binding of the first American publication of the New Testament in French. It would be another 5 years before the complete Bible in French was published in the United States. Le Maistre de Sacy's translation from the Vulgate originally appear in 1667. O'Callaghan p. 102-3; Shaw & Shoemaker 19531.
Price: $750.00