WEISE, CHRISTIAN.

Neu-Erleuterter Politischer Redner, Das ist Unterschiedene Kunstgriffe (...).

Leipzig, Gerdes, 1696.

8vo. In contemporary full calf with gilt ornamentation to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Wear to extremities, head of spine chipped, boards with stains. Small worm-tract to lower outer margin of last leaves. Internally generally nice and clean. (14), 672, (6) pp. + frontispiece. 

Later edition of this political satire being one of Weise’s most widely read books. In the second half of the 17th Century, Christian Weise authored several groundbreaking political and satirical novels. These novels sparked a trend for the German "political novel," which continued into the following decade.

Order-nr.: 61014