"LE NOUVEAU TESTAMENT DE NOTRE SEIGNEUR JESUS CHRIST" (THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST) Boston: De L'imprimerie de J.T. Buckingham, 1810. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST AMERICAN FRENCH NEW TESTAMENT!
Two (2) Volumes bound in one! Octavo, measuring 8.5" x 5.25" Bound in its Original Sheepskin Binding with Gilt Title and designs in compartments on Original Spine and Hinges! Contains the Complete New Testament Matthew through Revelation! 2 Volumes in 1. Collation: 403, [1], 326, [2] pp. Has 2 Dated Title Pages 1810, 1810, and 2 half Titles! Foxing throughout as is normal. There are NO marks or writing whatsoever! TOTALLY TEAR FREE! This Bible is in Very Very Fine unused condition!!! This incredibly rare and scarce First American French New Testament is 100% COMPLETE AND 100% ORIGINAL INSIDE AND OUT!
Prepared for use among French Canadians and French émigrés in the U.S., this is the first printing in America of a complete Testament, either Old or New, in French. It is a scarce work and is considered one of the dozen Bibles forming the foundation of any collection of American Bibles. The translation is a standard one that first appeared in 1667, although it was shortly thereafter (in 1669) condemned by Clement IX as Jansenist and placed on the Index. “L.M. de Sacy” is the nom de plume of Isaac (“Sacy” being an anagram) de Le Maistre, a reformer of Port-Royal.
Shaw & Shoemaker 19531; O'Callaghan 102; Rumball-Petre, Rare Bibles, 185.