May 15, 2012 - Sale 2279

Sale 2279 - Lot 17

Price Realized: $ 360
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
ARNDT, JOHANN. Sechs geistreiche Bücher vom wahren Christenthum. 55 full-page woodcut emblems, around 15 with borders hand-colored; lacks the frontispiece. [16], 1352 pages. Thick 8vo, contemporary sheep over wooden boards with brass catches, lacking clasps, worn overall; contents toned and foxed with some light dampstaining, title soiled, upper outer corner off 2B5-6 slightly affecting illustration and text, clean tear in 2X6, front free endpaper lacking. Zurich: getruckt in Bürgklischer Truckerey, 1766

Additional Details

with: another edition, including the author's Paradiesgärtlein. 2 engraved additional titles and 73 large wood-engraved illustrations. 2 parts in one volume. Large 8vo, contemporary calf with brass bosses, catches, and one clasp (of 2); contents soiled and dampstained at beginning and end. Philadelphia: J. Howe for Georg W. Mentz and Son, 1834.