The sacred classics defended and illustrated
Subtitle: or, An essay humbly offer'd towards proving the purity, propriety, and true eloquence of the writers of the New Testament. In two parts ...
By: by A. Blackwall, M.A.
Contributors: Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner; Boston Public Library (John Adams Library)
Edition: The second edition, corrected.
Publisher: Printed for C. Rivington..., and W. Cantrell ... in Derby
Published: 1727
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Other titles: Blackwell's sacred classics
Notes: T.p. printed in red and black.

Includes index.

Head-pieces; tail-pieces; initials; vignettes.

Engraved portrait of the author on verso facing t.p., v. 2.

The first volume was published in 1725, with a second edition in 1727.

Vol. 1 has 2 parts paged continuously, v. 2 has 3 parts paged continuously.

Each part has separate t.p.

Edition varies: only the t.p. of v. 1 has edition statement. V. 2 two reads: "...a new version of the sacred books."

With a final advertisement leaf.

John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.

ESTC, T55734 (v.1)

ESTC, T55735 (v. 2)

Also available on microfilm (v.1). Woodbridge, CT : Research Publications, Inc., 1986. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 2782, no. 2).

Also available on microfilm (v.2). Woodbridge, CT : Research Publications, Inc., 1985. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 1356, no. 18).

John Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894.