(FRANKLIN IMPRINT) Arndt Johann Des Hocherleuchteten Theolog

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A RARE AND IMPORTANT ILLUSTRATED BOOK (FRANKLIN IMPRINT.) Arndt, Johann. Des Hocherleuchteten Theologi . . . Sechs Bucher vom Wahren Christenthum. 63 (of 64) engraved plates; lacks the portrait of Arndt. [1], [30], 1356 pages. 6 parts in one. 8vo, contemporary tooled sheep, worn, loss to the head of the backstrip, lacks the hinge and clasp; spine cracked with a few signatures sprung; dampstaining, foxing, lacks the endpapers; early owner's inscription on the rear pastedown. Philadelphia: B. Franklin and Böhm, 1751

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Published by subscription at a cost of 12 shillings, only 511 copies were ordered. Miller refers to it as "one of the great publishing feats of the colonial American German press." Although the plates were imported from Germany, they include several important images, including a depiction of fire works as well as one 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.