SCRIVER, CHRISTIAN.

Seelen-Schatzes Kern und Stern, oder, Dessen nochmals übersehene, vermehrete und vollkommene Register.

Leipzig & Magdeburg, Seidel, 1717.

Folio (365 x 235 mm). In a very nice contemporary Cambridge mirror-style binding with six raised bands with richly gilt spine. Blindstamped ornamentation to board and single gilt line to boarders of boards. Small paper-label pasted on to upper compartment of spine. Light wear to extremities, scratches to boards but overall a very nice and clean copy. (4), 524, (160) pp.

Beautiful later edition of Scriver’s highly praised work describing the progress of the soul from misery to eternal life by combining allegory, dogmatics, and ethics.
It has been translated into numerous languages, including Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Finnish. The first edition was published in 1689.

Christian Scriver (1629–1693) was a German Lutheran theologian and devotional writer. Scriver's writings focused on practical spirituality and personal piety, aiming to guide readers in their Christian walk.

Order-nr.: 60770