Die Sitten-Lehre Christi aus denen alten Kirchen-Lehrern erkläret
Leipzig: Knoch, 1733. Hardcover. 16mo. 6.75 x 4.5 inches. Contemporary half vellum with original metal-reinforced bands. Obscured debossed titling at head of spine. [civ], 400 pp. 52 leaves (title pages, introduction, preface, contents, preparation) in advance of main text. Printed in Fraktur type. All edges dyed dark blue. One internal decorative engraving. General ware consistent with age. Boards edgeworn with significant chipping. Rubbing and spots of loss to paper covering. Vellum darkened. 2-inch loss to vellum backstrip at tail, plus small section at head (see images), with ghost of tape residue from early repair effort. Else, spine structure sound. Text block intact and solid. Inked ownership notes and penciled annotations on endpapers. Underlining and marginalia in pencil throughout. Die Sitten-Lehre Christi aus denen alten Kirchen-Lehrern erkläret (Christian Moral Doctrine from the old church teachers explained). Ernst Salomon Cyprian (1673-1745) was an orthodox Lutheran theologian, librarian, and Ecclesiastical Councilor of Gotha. Language: German. Quite scarce. Good+. Item #349
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