Sammelband of four works: Betrachtungen über die Acht Seligfeifen; Versuessete Bitterkeit im Leben, Lieben, und Leiden; Würdige Zubereitung auf das Ende aller Dinge; and Das Gebet Davids um ein Reines Herz
Various locations: Various publishers, 1730-33. Hardcover. 16mo. 6.25 x 4.5 inches. Contemporary full vellum with original metal-reinforced bands. Faded handwritten title on spine. [2], xiv, 160, [4], iv, 248, [2], 29, [3], 30 pp. Printed in Fraktur type. All edges dyed dark blue. Title pages for Rambach and Lassenius in red and black. Engraved frontis for Lassenius. Occasional internal decorative engravings. Leaves of Lassenius trimmed tight at tail in binding. Original binding sound. Vellum rubbed, worn, and stained. Wear consistent with age. Turn-ins curled and stiff with some resultant cracking and tearing to pastedowns. Front free endpaper perished. Text block solid but canted. Inked ownership notes and penciled annotations on endpapers. Title page of Rambach creased and folded, showing large, closed tear with early rough paper-tape repair to verso. Underlining and margin markings in pencil. Sammelband of four works. Betrachtungen über die Acht Seligfeifen in der Bergpredigt des Herrn Jesu (Reflections on the Eight Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount of the Lord Jesus), Johann Jacob Rambach (1693-1735), Jena: s.n., 1730, third edition. Rambach was a Lutheran theologian, hymn writer, and lay professor of holy scripture in Halle, Germany. Versuessete Bitterkeit im Leben, Lieben, und Leiden zu allgemeinem Kroft in allerhand geistlichen und leiblichen Anfechtugen (Sweetened bitterness in life, love, and suffering for general strength in all kinds of spiritual and physical afflictions), D. Johannis Lassenius (1636-1692), Magdeburg: Wittwe, 1733. Lassenius was a German Lutheran theologian and devotional writer, who rose to prominence as a pastor and theological chair at the University of Copenhagen. Würdige Zubereitung auf das Ende aller Dinge (A Worthy Preparation for the End of All Things) and Das Gebet Davids um ein Reines Herz (David’s Prayer for a Pure Heart), Johann Heinrich Schubert (1692-1757), Potsdam: Neumann, 1932. Schubert was a pietist preacher who influenced Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf in founding the Moravian Church. Language: German. Quite scarce. Good+. Item #348
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