The Book of Abraham. Its Authenticity Established as a Divine and Ancient Record, with Copius References to Ancient and Modern Authorities

Salt Lake City: Deseret News Printing, 1879. First Edition. 49pp. Octavo [23 cm] Orange printed wrappers. Near fine. In July 1835 at Kirtland Ohio, a traveling antiquities dealer brought to Joseph Smith four Egyptian mummies and several rolls of papyri. Upon inspection Smith determined that one of the rolls contained a lost record of the patriarch Abraham. After purchasing these artifacts for $2400 Smith generated through translation five chapters that appeared during March 1842 in Nauvoo, Illinois in the Times and Seasons, a Mormon periodical, under the title “The Book of Abraham”. This book has since become a canonized text of scripture for members (truncated) of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Flake/Draper 7095. (Inventory #: 8773)