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Published by Auf Begehren hoher Personen auffs neue, Hamburg, 1702
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB, Salisbury, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Folio, 367, double-columned text, amply illustrated with decorated capitals and devices throughout, and 7 full page engraving copper plates plates (at 112, 118, 168, 192, 230, 244, and 276. There is also a loose plate, uniform in engraved format, at page 227. This rare edition reprints anti-Quaker treatises, emanating largely from Lutheran Christian theologians, that appeared in 1660 and assembled here for the first time. WorldCat lists 7 versions of this edition, 3 specifically as printed here. Most of the copper plates depict the activities of early Quaker preacher and missionary James Naylor ("mistakenly" identified as Jacob). Most notable is the one of him entering Bristol, England on donkey as the Savior Christ. The anti-Quakers exploited the outrage that ensued to label beliefs "blasphemous" and all of Quakerism "false doctrine" "cunningly endeavored" and "revolting, hideous and damnable teaching" Groupings tied, but an unbound copy, with an apparently contemporary paper sheet affixed. Leaves toned as expected, overall remarkably well-preserved. We could find no auction records in the US and no recent European ones.