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Lot 662
Sale 5520 - Pennsylvania Sale
Nov 23, 2008
7:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$110
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Lot Description
1 vol.
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1 vol.
(Helmuth, Justus Henry Christian.) Denkmal der Liebe und Achtung Welches Seiner Hochwurden dem Hern D. Heinrich Melchoir Muhlenberg. Philadelphia: Melchoir Steiner, 1788. First edition. 8vo, orig. speckled wrappers; spine mostly gone. Frontis. portrait of Muhlenberg. Some dampstaining to back wrapper & back matter, offsetting on title page, some toning throughout. In worn & soiled cloth case.
Biography of Muhlenberg, with 2 of his hymns, excerpts from his diary, letters, poems & sermons.
Muhlenberg, Henry Melchoir (1711-1787), virtual founder of the Lutheran Church in America.
Evans 21139; Arndt 727 - this copy without the second title bound with the Evans & Arndt copies.