Ernest Renan — Vie de Jesus

Paris, Calmann Levy, c1867. Leather. The enormously popular work on the life of Jesus, published in the original French language. French language. Thirteenth edition. A widely read work on the life of Jesus written following the sudden death of the author's sister during their travels in Ottoman Syria and Palestine. The work argues that Jesus purified himself of "Jewish traits," infusing race into theology and insisting the superiority of Christianity. Written by Ernest Renan, a French Orientalist and Semitic scholar. In the original quarter calf binding with patterned boards. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Small marks to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .