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1904 · 7382 — Columbus OH: Press of Fred J. Heer 1904. Third Edition. 8vo 105pp. Inscribed by Randall to a Reverend E. Howard and dated in 1905 on the ffep. Photo plates folding map of Ohio at rear. Green cloth boards stamped in gilt show a few scuffs and some soiling. Clean internally and very good. <br /> <br /> Interesting history of the Zoarites a utopian commune founded in 1817 in Ohio by German Protestant separatists. The Zoarites were persecuted in Wurttemberg and fled to the United States where they practiced their beliefs of rejecting baptism and celebrating only the Sabbath. Their theology was inspired in part by the writings of Christian Mystic Jakob Bohme. <br /> <br /> Uncommonly found signed. . Press of Fred J. Heer unknown