Institutionum historiae ecclesiasticae antiquae et recentioris libri quatuor : Ex ipsis forntibus insigniter emendati plurimis accessionibus locupletati, variis obervationibus illustrati Church History
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By Johann Lorenz von Mosheim
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Mid-18th century Church history, “Historiae Ecclesiasticae Institutionum“, written in Latin. The author of the study is Johann Lorenz von Mosheim, a German Lutheran church historian. His first appearance in the field of literature was in a polemical tract against John Toland. This work is titled “Vindiciae antiquae christianorum disciplinae” and it was published in 1720. A year later a volume of “Observationes sacrae” followed it. These works secured him a call to the University of Helmstedt. There he gained the title “professor ordinarius” in 1723. The “Institutionum historiae ecclesiasticae libri IV” appeared in 1726. In the same year, he was appointed by the Duke of Brunswick abbot of Marienthal. This is one of the more important works regarding church history in Lutheranism.
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Helmstadt, 1755.
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Pp.: /8/ + 1034 + /34/
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Binding: Original full leather binding. Gilted spine cover with a sticker. Signs of wear on the panels and along the edges, scratches, and spine joints are slightly damaged as well. Bumped corners, cocked spine with spine slants.
Condition: Handwritten ex libris on the flyleaf. Inscription by the previous owner on the title page. Some minor stains due to aging, pencil inscriptions, and underlining on some pages. Clean copy otherwise, nice reading copy.
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