1849 JEREMY TAYLOR. The Great Example. The Life and Death of Jesus Christ. Charming Leather Set. Ephemera + 366 + 313pp

+ 366 + 313pp

in the American colonies

six compartments on the spine

friend and co-laborer with Baptist pioneer

1849 JEREMY TAYLOR. The Great Example. The Life and Death of Jesus Christ. Charming Leather Set. Ephemera + 366 + 313ppOriginally published in 1649, Jeremy Taylor's The Great Exemplar is widely considered the first full length, systematic biography of Jesus Christ written in the English language. Prior to Taylors work, English books about Jesus were primarily disjointed collections of sermons, harmonized Gospel tracts, or translations of continental Catholic mystical works. The Great Exemplar established a new genre in English literature: a structured, chronological