Christliche betrachtungen über die evangelischen texte, so man lesen pfleget an den sonntagen und hohen festen, Christlich und aufrichtig gepredigt und beschrieben [= Christian contemplations of the texts of the Gospel which are read on Sundays and feast days, preached and described by...)

Germantaun: Michael Billmeyer, 1791. First American edition, 4to, pp. [8], 785, [3]; vignette title, woodcut ornaments; contemporary full calf over boards, original clasps and catches intact; some browning of the text, a few early fore-margins neatly reinforced; a very good, sound copy. Originally published in Sulzbach, Germany, in 1672. Reflects the religious views of the Schwenkfelders, a small Anabaptist sect founded in Silesia in the 16th century. Arndt 803; Evans 23975. Seidensticker, p. 129. Sabin 102503. (Inventory #: 54200)