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Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Vita B. Joannis Nepomuceni Martyris est opus scriptum a Balbino Bohuslao anno MDCCXXV. Hoc libro narratur vita et passio Sancti Joannis Nepomuceni, sacerdotis et martyris qui sub regimine Venceslai IV in Bohemia vixit. Balbinus in hoc opere describit laudabilem vitam Sancti Joannis, qui fuit familiarius regis et confessor reginae. Tamen, cum rex eum interrogaret de confessione reginae, Sanctus Joannes tacuit et propter hoc cruciatus et mortem subiit. Hoc opus est testimonium fidei et virtutis Sancti Joannis Nepomuceni et est lectio utilis ad imitationem vitae sanctae.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

The second edition of the "History of the Princes and Kings of Bohemia" (1687), the 7th book of the monumental historical work "Historical Miscellanea from the Kingdom of Bohemia" (Miscellanea historica regni Bohemiae) by the celebrated Czech historian Bohuslav Balbin (1621-1688). A complete and well-preserved copy. As the title suggests, the work gives an account of the reigns of the Bohemian princes and kings, from legendary ones to Charles VI. The book features a frontispiece (copper engraving of the emperor Charles VI surrounded with allegorical figures) and 56 full-page copper engravings of Bohemian rulers; all engravings were made by Anton Birckhart (1677?-1748?). The text is supplemented with 10 double-page plates with genealogical tables. Antiqua typesetting; pages are decorated with a large woodcut headpiece with floral motives, three large woodcut tailpieces and many initials with floral and figural motives. The title page contains owner's note ("Carmeli Chissensis"; the book comes from the Carmelite monastery in Chyse near Carlsbad). /// Half-leather binding with leather corners, paper label and wooden boards (front endpaper expertly replaced with new one); hardback, [8]+282+[12] pp., 57 plates/prints, 10 plates/tables, 2° (20.5 x 33 cm), leather worn, with chips and cracks, paper cover rubbed and chipped, edges yellowed, back endpaper worn and yellowed, with a few ink stains, spine slightly cracked (but binding is still tight), some pages and plates/tables slightly tanned or foxed, several pages have tiny chips, tears or bookworm traces, several pages have small water stain, frontispiece slightly worn and fixed/backed with piece of paper, some prints yellowed, rarely with small water stain, tiny chips, tears or bookworm traces, condition: very good Book Language/s: Latin.