• Joseph Smith Jr. The Pearl of Great Price: Being a Choice Selection from the Revelations, Translations, and Narrations of Joseph Smith, First Prophet, Seer, and Revelator to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Liverpool: F. D. Richards, 1851.

Curatorial note:

With funding established by J. Monroe Thorington, Class of 1915, the Library continues to build upon the strengths of its Western Americana Collection. The most noteworthy addition to the holdings relating to the early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a complete copy, in original wrappers, of The Pearl of Great Price. While the collection has long held a copy of the second edition, printed in Salt Lake City in 1878, the acquisition of the 1851 Liverpool edition completes Princeton’s holdings of first printings of the LDS canon of scripture. This acquisition makes Princeton one of the few institutions where scholars can consult, along with the King James Bible (1611), first editions of the Book of Mormon (1830), Book of Commandments (1833), Doctrine and Covenants (1835), and Pearl of Great Price (1851).

Collections:
  • Welcome Additions
  • Western Americana
  • Western Americana Collection
  • Treasures of Rare Book Division
Title:
  • The Pearl of Great Price : being a choice selection from the revelations, translations, and narrations of Joseph Smith, first Prophet, Seer, and Revelator to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Language:
  • English
Call number:
  • 2017-0007Q
  • Electronic Resource
Extent:
  • viii, 56 pages illustrations, folded plates 21 cm
Format:
  • Book
Description:
  • Includes John Jaques' poem "Truth" (p. 56).
  • WA copy: Imperfect: plate 2 detached.
Publisher:
  • Liverpool, F.D. Richards, 1851.
Subject:
  • Mormons and Mormonism—Controversial literature
Title sort:
  • Pearl of Great Price : being a choice selection from the revelations, translations, and narrations of Joseph Smith, first Prophet, Seer, and Revelator to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Binding note:
  • WA copy: In original salmon wrappers with the title page reprinted from a different setting within an ornamental border on the front and a catalogue of works within a different border on the back. This catalogue lists the book itself, priced at 1s. retail; 9d. “to Conference Agents”; and 101/2d. “to Book Agents”.
Created:
  • 1851-01-01T00:00:00Z
Date:
  • 1851
Location:
  • HSVW 2017-0007Q
  • HSVW Electronic Resource
  • ELF1 2017-0007Q
  • ELF1 Electronic Resource
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/8336h584j
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
Creator:
  • Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844
Author:
  • Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844
Source acquisition:
  • WA copy: Partially funded by a gift from Alfred Bush.
References:
  • Crawley 599
  • Flake-Draper 6166
Range label:
  • Logical
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