(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT) Scougal Henry Das Leben Gottes in d

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AN INEXPENSIVE FRANKLIN IMPRINT (EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT.) Scougal. Henry. Das Leben Gottes in der Seele des Menschen. 8vo, later cloth-backed marbled boards; original; lacking gatherings b, c, d (24 leaves), title page foxed and mounted on stub, repaired tears on second and third leaves; flyleaf with early owners' inscriptions mounted on front pastedown. Philadelphia: Benjamin Franklin and Anthony Armbrüster, 1756

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First German-language edition of a 1667 English tract titled "Life of God in the Soul of Man." It was commissioned by an evangelical group led by the Rev. William Smith, the University of Pennsylvania provost. Smith soon parted ways with Franklin after making a series of heated attacks on the colony's Quaker leadership, including a suggestion that one good way to be rid of the Quakers would be "by cutting their Throats.' Evans 7787; Miller 653.