(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT) Arndt Johann Des Hocherleuchteten T

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MASSIVE FRANKLIN IMPRINT IN GERMAN (EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT.) Arndt, Johann. Des Hocherleuchteten Theologi . . . Sechs Geistreiche Bücher vom Wahren Christenthum. 54 (of 65) plates, most emblematic with text on verso. [32], 1356 pages. 6 parts in one. Extremely thick 8vo, later tooled calf in period style; dampstaining, occasional worming and wear; early inscription on flyleaf, inked stamps of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary on title and first page. Philadelphia: Benjamin Franklin and Johann Böhm, 1751

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Miller refers to this work as "one of the great publishing feats of the colonial American German press." The emblems were printed from German plates and include several important images, including a depiction of a printing press. "This is the largest book printed in Philadelphia, up to its time, and one of the rarest of Franklin imprints"--Evans 6630. Miller 520.