Sep 17, 2015 - Sale 2391

Sale 2391 - Lot 158

Price Realized: $ 344
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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT.) Schultz, Christopher; compiler. Neu-Eingerichtetes Gesang-Buch in sich haltend eine Sammlung. xxxiii, [3], 760, [40] pages plus 8 additional manuscript pages at the end. 8vo, contemporary calf, worn but sturdy, lacks clasps; minor dampstaining and foxing, a bit musty, early inked annotations. Germantown, PA: Christoph Saur, 1762

Additional Details

first edition. Hymnal book for the Schwenkfelders (since organized as the Schwenkfelder Church). Many hymns in this copy are marked in an early hand with the initials of the composer and the date of composition. A key at the rear of the volume spells out the authors' names, and provides some biographical details. Evans 9266.