Sale 2501 - Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, March 7, 2019

206 205 c   (MENNONITES.) Die Ernst- haffte Christenpflicht. Darinnen Schöne Geistreiche Gebätter, Darmit Sich fromme Christen-Hertzen zu allen Zeiten und in allen Nöthen trösten können. 379, [4] pages (A-Q¹²); lacks L3-10 (pages 245-60). 12mo, 101x48 mm, con- temporary blind-ruled limp leather, binding cocked, chipped along edges; contents partly loose in binding, dampwrinkled, damp- stained, and dog-eared, margins trimmed close without text loss. Np [Rheinland-Palatinate?]: Gedruckt im Jahr 1708 [300/500] earliest known edition of the first com - plete mennonite prayer book , compiled from earlier Mennonite and non-Mennonite sources for private worship. No copy located in NUC, OCLC, or KVK; Springer & Klassen, Mennonite Bibliography 11584 (citing the 1739 Kaiserslautern edition as the earliest). 206 c   METHODIUS, Saint, falsely attributed to. De revelatione facta ab angelo beato Methodio in carcere dete[n]to. 61 woodcut illustrations, including repeats. Pref- ace by Sebastian Brant. [68] leaves. 4to, 208x152 mm, 19th-century brown morocco gilt by Capé with gilt oval centerpiece and fleurons at corners on covers, joints rubbed; upper margins trimmed without text or image loss, contents gener- ally clean. Armorial bookplate of Edward Arnold. (Basel: Michael Furter for Sebastian Brant, 12 March 1504) [2,500/3,500] Apocalyptic world history ascribed to the Greek church father St. Methodius (d. circa 312) but written originally in Syriac in the 7th century in response to the rise of Islam and later translated into Greek and Latin, prophesying the ultimate defeat of the Muslims by a messianic Last Roman Emperor. Fairfax Murray/German 289. 205 [ see also rear cover ]