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  "full": "\n**ERNEST RENAN. THE LIFE OF JESUS. 1927–1969. (ML 140)** \n\n#### 149a. First printing (1927) \n\n[within double rules] THE LIFE OF JESUS | [rule] | BY | ERNEST RENAN | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | JOHN HAYNES HOLMES | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK \n\nPp. [*8*], vii–ix [x], 15–393 [394]. [1–12]16 [13]4 \n\n[*1*] half title; [*2*] pub. note D5; [*3*] title; [*4*] *Introduction Copyright, 1927, by* | THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] | *First Modern Library Edition* | 1927; [*5*] dedication; [*6*] blank; [*7*] PREFACE [by the translator] dated: *December* 8, 1863.; [*8*] blank; vii–ix CONTENTS; [x] blank; 15–23 INTRODUCTION signed p. 23: John Haynes Holmes. | New York, May, 1927; [24] blank; 25–65 AUTHOR’S INTRODUCTION, | In Which the Sources of This History Are Principally Treated; [66] blank; 67–393 text; [394] blank. \n\n*Jacket A:* Uniform typographic jacket B1. \n\n> Text on front:
 Ernest Renan’s whole education formed a preparation for his task of chronicling the beginnings of Christianity; all his studies were subsidiary to the historical treatment of what, in his view, was the most significant cycle of events in history. *The Life of Jesus* was finally written in 1863 in Palestine, in the very midst of the scenes in which the tragic story it relates had taken place. The storm that broke when the book was published has never subsided, of course, and to orthodox Catholics it is still a creation of the devil. Their outcry that no one who did not admit the divinity of Jesus was qualified to write about him found expressions in diatribes singularly comparable to the current expressions of our Fundamentalist friends. John Haynes Holmes’ introduction appears exclusively in the Modern Library edition of this book. (*Fall 1927*) \n\n*Jacket B:* Uniform typographic jacket D. (*Spring 1929*) \n\n> Front flap:
 Even more a work of art than a history, Ernest Renan’s *Life of Jesus* was the first biography of the Nazarene in the modern historical and literary sense, and it is still the best. The unprecedented sensation created when the book was published in 1863 has not yet subsided. Its most vehement antagonists and its most ardent admirers are in complete accord on the immense fund of learning and the consummate artistry with which Ernest Renan re-created the humble life of Christ and the beginnings of the Christian era. (*Spring 1937*) \n\nThe ML used the translation by William G. Hutchinson, which was originally published in the U.S. by A. L. Burt Co. around 1898. ML edition (pp. [*5*–*7*], vii–ix, 25–393) printed from Burt plates with Hutchinson’s biographical sketch of Renan omitted, heading of p. [*5*] reset, and table of contents revised to include Holmes’s introduction. Published December 1927. *WR* 7 January 1928. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1969/70. \n\nTwo other English translations were available besides Hutchinson’s. *The Life of Jesus* was originally published in the U.S. by G. W. Carleton, 1874, in a translation by Charles Edwin Wilbour. A revised translation by the Biblical scholar Joseph Henry Allen, which was based on the 23rd French edition and made use of the Wilbour and Hutchinson translations, was published by Roberts Brothers in 1896 and subsequently by Little, Brown. The ML chose the less authoritative Hutchinson translation on economic grounds. The Allen translation was copyrighted and would have required royalty payments. The Wilbour translation was in the public domain, but the Roberts Brothers/Little, Brown plates were too large for the ML’s format. By buying a duplicate set of plates of the Hutchinson translation from the A. L. Burt Co. the ML was able to avoid paying royalties and the cost of resetting the text. \n\nKlopfer noted in 1943 that “some of our plates are pretty bad. . . . The Renan, for instance . . . shouldn’t be used for anything anymore” (Klopfer to Cerf, 4 July 1943, Bennett Cerf Papers, Columbia University Library; published in Cerf and Klopfer, *Dear Donald, Dear Bennett*, p. 87, with Renan transcribed from Klopfer’s difficult handwriting as “Renoir”). The bad plates continued to be used into the 1960s. \n\nHolmes, minister of the Community Church in New York City, received \\$50 for the introduction. \n\n#### 149b. Title page reset (1941) \n\n[torchbearer E3] | [8-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] THE | LIFE | OF | JESUS | BY | ERNEST RENAN | INTRODUCTION BY | JOHN HAYNES HOLMES | [below frame] MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK \n\nPp. [*8*], vii–ix [x], 15–393 [394–402]. [1–12]16 [13]8 \n\nContents as 149b except: [*2*] blank; [*4*] INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1927, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [395–399] ML list; [400–401] ML Giants list; [402] blank. (*Spring 1941*) \n\n> *Variant:* Pagination as 149b. [1]16 [2–5]32 [6]8 [7]32 [8]16. Contents as 149b except: [*4*] INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1927, 1955, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [394–401] ML list; [402] blank. (*Fall 1966*) \n\n*Jacket:* Non-pictorial jacket in grayish reddish brown (46) and dark blue (183) on cream paper with lettering in reverse on inset dark blue panel; background in grayish reddish brown with series and torchbearer in reverse below panel. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. \n\n> Front flap as 149a jacket B. (*Fall 1941*) \n\n> Flap text reset with minor revisions. (*Spring 1957*) ",
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      "title": "First printing (1927) ",
      "full": "\n\n[within double rules] THE LIFE OF JESUS | [rule] | BY | ERNEST RENAN | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | JOHN HAYNES HOLMES | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK \n\nPp. [*8*], vii–ix [x], 15–393 [394]. [1–12]16 [13]4 \n\n[*1*] half title; [*2*] pub. note D5; [*3*] title; [*4*] *Introduction Copyright, 1927, by* | THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] | *First Modern Library Edition* | 1927; [*5*] dedication; [*6*] blank; [*7*] PREFACE [by the translator] dated: *December* 8, 1863.; [*8*] blank; vii–ix CONTENTS; [x] blank; 15–23 INTRODUCTION signed p. 23: John Haynes Holmes. | New York, May, 1927; [24] blank; 25–65 AUTHOR’S INTRODUCTION, | In Which the Sources of This History Are Principally Treated; [66] blank; 67–393 text; [394] blank. \n\n*Jacket A:* Uniform typographic jacket B1. \n\n> Text on front:
 Ernest Renan’s whole education formed a preparation for his task of chronicling the beginnings of Christianity; all his studies were subsidiary to the historical treatment of what, in his view, was the most significant cycle of events in history. *The Life of Jesus* was finally written in 1863 in Palestine, in the very midst of the scenes in which the tragic story it relates had taken place. The storm that broke when the book was published has never subsided, of course, and to orthodox Catholics it is still a creation of the devil. Their outcry that no one who did not admit the divinity of Jesus was qualified to write about him found expressions in diatribes singularly comparable to the current expressions of our Fundamentalist friends. John Haynes Holmes’ introduction appears exclusively in the Modern Library edition of this book. (*Fall 1927*) \n\n*Jacket B:* Uniform typographic jacket D. (*Spring 1929*) \n\n> Front flap:
 Even more a work of art than a history, Ernest Renan’s *Life of Jesus* was the first biography of the Nazarene in the modern historical and literary sense, and it is still the best. The unprecedented sensation created when the book was published in 1863 has not yet subsided. Its most vehement antagonists and its most ardent admirers are in complete accord on the immense fund of learning and the consummate artistry with which Ernest Renan re-created the humble life of Christ and the beginnings of the Christian era. (*Spring 1937*) \n\nThe ML used the translation by William G. Hutchinson, which was originally published in the U.S. by A. L. Burt Co. around 1898. ML edition (pp. [*5*–*7*], vii–ix, 25–393) printed from Burt plates with Hutchinson’s biographical sketch of Renan omitted, heading of p. [*5*] reset, and table of contents revised to include Holmes’s introduction. Published December 1927. *WR* 7 January 1928. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1969/70. \n\nTwo other English translations were available besides Hutchinson’s. *The Life of Jesus* was originally published in the U.S. by G. W. Carleton, 1874, in a translation by Charles Edwin Wilbour. A revised translation by the Biblical scholar Joseph Henry Allen, which was based on the 23rd French edition and made use of the Wilbour and Hutchinson translations, was published by Roberts Brothers in 1896 and subsequently by Little, Brown. The ML chose the less authoritative Hutchinson translation on economic grounds. The Allen translation was copyrighted and would have required royalty payments. The Wilbour translation was in the public domain, but the Roberts Brothers/Little, Brown plates were too large for the ML’s format. By buying a duplicate set of plates of the Hutchinson translation from the A. L. Burt Co. the ML was able to avoid paying royalties and the cost of resetting the text. \n\nKlopfer noted in 1943 that “some of our plates are pretty bad. . . . The Renan, for instance . . . shouldn’t be used for anything anymore” (Klopfer to Cerf, 4 July 1943, Bennett Cerf Papers, Columbia University Library; published in Cerf and Klopfer, *Dear Donald, Dear Bennett*, p. 87, with Renan transcribed from Klopfer’s difficult handwriting as “Renoir”). The bad plates continued to be used into the 1960s. \n\nHolmes, minister of the Community Church in New York City, received \\$50 for the introduction. \n\n"
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      "full": "\n\n[torchbearer E3] | [8-line title and statement of responsibility within single rules] THE | LIFE | OF | JESUS | BY | ERNEST RENAN | INTRODUCTION BY | JOHN HAYNES HOLMES | [below frame] MODERN LIBRARY · NEW YORK \n\nPp. [*8*], vii–ix [x], 15–393 [394–402]. [1–12]16 [13]8 \n\nContents as 149b except: [*2*] blank; [*4*] INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1927, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [395–399] ML list; [400–401] ML Giants list; [402] blank. (*Spring 1941*) \n\n> *Variant:* Pagination as 149b. [1]16 [2–5]32 [6]8 [7]32 [8]16. Contents as 149b except: [*4*] INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1927, 1955, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [394–401] ML list; [402] blank. (*Fall 1966*) \n\n*Jacket:* Non-pictorial jacket in grayish reddish brown (46) and dark blue (183) on cream paper with lettering in reverse on inset dark blue panel; background in grayish reddish brown with series and torchbearer in reverse below panel. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. \n\n> Front flap as 149a jacket B. (*Fall 1941*) \n\n> Flap text reset with minor revisions. (*Spring 1957*) "
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