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•  Sabin 16953.   Contemporary treed calf, front joint (outside) starting at top to open. A good+ copy — in fact, a rather nice one.  (20510)

•  Contemporary vellum, lightly soiled. Some worming to pastedowns and endpapers, with a few tiny holes to the title-page and dedication. Front pastedown with bookplate, front free endpaper with inked-out inscription. Pages clean, all edges sprinkled green.

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Vols. I–III consist of a history of the Society of Jesus from its origins up to the time of this printing, with bibliographic references. Vols. III–IV contain the “Articles de l'Analyse des Constitutions & Privilege,” attributed to Louis-Adrien Le Paige (cf. Barbier, Dict. des Ouvrages Anon.). The table of contents appear at the end of vol. IV. Vols. V–VI are the Supplement aux Quatre Volumes Précédens with the imprint: “Amsterdam, Chez J. Schreuder, 1767.”

Provenance:  From the collection of 19th-century scholar Dr. Johann August Neander (1789–1850), a convert from Judaism who became a leading scholar of Christian church history.

Scarce: OCLC and NUC Pre-1956 locate only three copies.

•  Uncut set. Each volume in a recent burgundy moiré cloth dust jacket with title and volume number gilt-stamped on green leather spine labels; this over 19th-century paper boards with paper hand-lettered title label, and paper shelf label with library call number blacked out, on spine. Covers moderately soiled and spines darkened; surface abrasions on spine and edges, small chips on joints; corners bumped. Deckle edges. Text with only a faint staining and foxing on several pages; four-digit numeral neatly inked at base of vol. I title-page; very occasional notations; and library bookplate on front pastedowns. Handsome on the shelf, comfortable in the hands.  (23964)

•  ESTC T112737.   Cambridge-style contemporary shee, rebacked in a very obvious but not unattractive way; red leather spine label and gilt compartment devices. Front joint (exterior) cracked and board definitely loosening. Ex-library with bookplates on front pastedown, pressure-stamp on title-page, and pencil notation on verso of same. A clean, crisp copy in a binding needing a bit of attention.  (22635)

Edited by Johann Andreas Cramer (1723–88), a poet, hymnographer, and theologian at the Christian Albrecht's University of Kiel, the hymnal's text is printed in fraktur, with a title-page vignette showing the royal cipher of Christian VII of Denmark and with a few woodcut tailpieces, one handsomely showing the royal arms of Denmark, including Schleswig and Holstein.

Provenance: Bookplate: "Aus der Bibliothek von Oskar Hagen;" Ink inscription opposite the title-page, noting the volume's donation in honor of Thura Niemann, d. 1870.

•  Contemporary black sheep; covers modestly decorated in blind with a ruled border, tiny roundels at corners, and strokes resembling stitching at spine. Worn with a little leather lost at spine and corners; front joint opening. All edges gilt and gauffered; wallpaper style endpapers. A shaken volume: Some quires coming loose and some page corners bumped with loss of gilding. Pages shaved, just touching running heads in some places; all pages lightly age-toned but otherwise clean, save small light stain to title-page and darker one to p. 319 of first work. Pressed leaf laid in.

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surely-emblematic title vignette

•  Very good; disbound from a nonce volume with signatures starting to separate. One page faintly stamped by a now-defunct library.  (1478)

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The main title-page is printed in black and red, the text in black letter (i.e., gothic, fraktur) and the footnotes in roman.

•  Contemporary vellum over paste boards; later paper spine label with hand lettering; small area of lower spine with black spots. Vellum loosening at the turn-ins. Board edges soiled. Few stray stains in some margins. Private bookplate.