FIRST GERMAN TRANSLATION
TAYLOR, JEREMY
Ductor Dubitantium, Oder Allgemeiner GewissensLehrer, Leiter und Führer, Jn Gründlicher Entscheidung allerhand Casus und Gewissens-Fälle, wie solche nur immerdar vorkommen oder auch erdacht werden können. 4 parts.
Bremen, Saurman, 1705.
4to. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Wear to extremities. Tear to the leather on lower half of front board making the wooden boards underneath visible. Spineends chipped with minor loss of leather, showing headbands. Heavly annotated with scholarly commentaries in contemporary hand throughout. A few small marginal wormtracts. (68), 1046, (2), 960, (52) pp.
The rare first German translation of Taylor’s guide to cases of conscience, intended to serve as the definitive work for English Protestant clergy building on the foundations laid by Sanderson, Hall, and Perkins. With this manual clergy would no longer need to rely on Roman Catholic casuists. Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667) was a prominent cleric in the Church of England who gained renown as an author during Oliver Cromwell's Protectorate. Often referred to as the "Shakespeare of Divines" for his poetic eloquence, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest prose writers in the English language.
Order-nr.: 61507
DKK 4.500,00