The Golden Treasury Abridged from C.H. v. Bogatzky, for the Use of the Children of God, Whose Treasure is in Heaven; Consisting of Select Texts of the Bible, with Practical Observations in Prose and Verse, for Every Day in the Year. With Some Alterations and Improvements by Various Hands. Together with a Few Forms of Prayer for Private Use

Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Henry Willis, 1793. Good. First American edition; oblong 3 3/4 x 5; pp. iii-x, 1-374; full roan over boards; rebacked with brown leatherette; gilt title to spine; small loss to upper corner of front board; wear to leather with some cracking; lacking ffep, else complete; first few leaves with fore-edge brittle (no loss to text); in about good condition.Originally penned in 1746 by German hymn and sacret song writer Karl Heinrich von Bogatzky (1690 - 1774), the book was a daily devotional - providing the readers with specific spiritual texts for every day of the year.