Güldenes Schatz-kästlein Der Kinder Gottes, Deren Schatz Im Himmel Ist: Bestehend In Auserlesenen Sprüchen Der Heil. Schrift, Samt Beygefügten Erbaulichen Anmerkungen Und Reimen by Carl Heinrich Von Bogatzky

Halle: Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, 1792. Hardcover. Very Good -. Die 33ste Auflage. 2 volumes in 1: [14], 365, [17] p.; [12], 366, [6] p.; 9 x 12 cm. Signatures: a8(-a8) A-Z8 2A2(-2A2) 2B8; a4 b2 A-Z8 2A2. Contemporary full mottled calf with four spine compartments between raised bands. Blind-tooled leather label in second compartments with title; blind-stooled decoration in other compartments. Blind-ruled borders on boards. All page edges marbled. With original box covered in brown speckled paper. Includes indexes. Second part has separate title page dated 1793; subtitle varies from first part. This popular work by Pietist writer Carl Heinrich von Bogatzky was owned by most Lutheran and Mennonite families in the 18th and 19th centuries. In Very Good- Condition: 1.5x3-cm. section of leather lacking at tail of spine; smaller section lacking from spine at upper back joint; slight loss at head of spine; leather overall is lightly rubbed; occasional light foxing; otherwise clean and tight.… Read More