fessel daniel (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Thick Octavo, [48], 495, [113], [56], 560, [84], [24], 380 pages; VG; bound in later eighteenth century calf, gilt-decorated, with five raised bands, leather spine label; mild shelfwear and rubbing; all edges marbled; 2 frontispieces; five lines of ink writing to verso of Sauberti title page; Sauberti frontispiece folded to fit binding. Texts in Latin and German; Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and Arabic typeface; consignment. Shelved in Room G. 1220104. Special Collections - Upstairs.

Cu?strin, Dennewitz, 1659, 1660 & 1661. 4to. In contemporary full vellum with yapp edges and title in contemporary hand to spine. Stains and soiling to extremities. Previous owner's name in contemporary hand to title-page. Internally nice and clean. (24), 612, (32), 532, (24), 52, 569 pp. Exceedingly rare first edition of Fessel?s extensive collection of sermons delivered during the funerals of prominent persons in the fortress of Küstrin (now Kostrzyn nad Odra Poland) between 1659 and 1661. Daniel Fessel (1599 - 1674), was a German theologian and philosopher being the Evangelical Lutheran court preacher to the widowed Electress Anna of Brandenburg and later as superintendent in Küstrin, holding the rank and title of an electoral Brandenburg consistorial councilor.