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[CRANZ, David and/or JK ULRICH]. J KBiblio.com

Briève & fidèle exposition de lorigine de la doctrine des constitutions usages et ceremonies ecclesiastiques de leglise de lunité des freres connus sous le nom de Freres de Boheme & de Moravie . avec XVI. planches.

1758H6IG81I49TLCSaxony 1758. 8vo. Brown morocco Lyon ca. 1900 with gold-tooled turn-ins marbled end-papers headbands and ribbon marker in green red and yellow gilt edges signed by Louis GUÉTANT. With title-page printed in red and black and 16 numbered double-page engraved plates. 87 pp. First edition in French published one year after the first German edition of the first work attributed to David Cranz missionary in the Moravian United Brethren best known for his 1765 description of Greenland. The present work gives a history of the United Brethren their beliefs and their practices both in Europe and in their missions in America. The church was established in 1457 but the book concentrates on its history since its establishment in Herrnhut Saxony near the Moravian border under Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf in 1722. Under his guidance the church set up their mission in Greenland in 1733 and a 1747 act of Parliament under George II granted them permission to practice their religion freely in the British colonies in America. The illustrations show ordination induction baptism communion marriage exorcism an agape feast and other activities in the Moravian Church as well as their missionary work among black slaves in the West Indies 2 plates American Indians probably in Pennsylvania and native Greenlanders.With the gold-stamped leather armorial bookplate of Noé de Salvert. In very good condition with occasion light marginal foxing. The beautiful binding by the deluxe binder Louis Guétant active in Lyon ca. 1895-ca. 1920 is in fine condition with only a couple scratches on the back cover. A rare and important primary source for the Moravian United Brethren with remarkable plates of Greenland Eskimos American Indians and black West Indian slaves.l Brunet I col. 1258; James Ford Bell B-426; Sabin 7935 see also 97851 & note before 97846; KVK 3 copies; BN-OPALE plus 2 copies; Kirchenlexikon XVI cols. 324-336; not in Arctic Bibliography; Barbier; Church; Eberstadt; JCB; Quérard; Streeter. ABE CAT Alaska Canada & Greenland hardcover

Asher Rare Books · Pays-Bas4 500,00 €

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