GEISTLICHES BLUMEN-GARTLEIN INNIGER SEELEN: ODER KURTZE SCHLUSS-REIMEN, BETRACHTUNGEN UND LIEDER
Germantown, PA: Printed by Christoph Saur, 1769.
Later printing. Leather bound. 16mo. Approx. 5.5" x 3". [12], 517 pages, [27] pages. A leave was torn out following the last print text and printers device on page 27 (not numbered) in back. A rear blank end sheet follows the torn out leave and both rear end papers are present. Period sheepskin leather binding with some chipping to extremities and light cracking to hinges (still holding). Title page chipped on the edge with minor loss. Toning to the contents and occasional light brown stains. Pages 275 and 276 chipped lower corner with slight loss of print. Christoph Saur was the first printer in America to print in the German language. The present work contains devotional hymns, poems, etc. Colonial imprint. First published in America 1747.
Evans 11492. Good. Item #18402
English translation:
Spiritual flower garden of inner souls, or, short final rhymes, meditations and songs about all kinds of truths of inward Christianity [microform] : for awakening, strengthening and refreshment in the hidden life with Christ in God : along with the pious lottery.
Price: $1,200.00