NEUMANN, JOHANN GEORG.
Theologia aphoristica in qua sententia orthodoxa...
Wittemberg, Zimmermann, 1710.
4to. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and blindtooled ornamentation to spine. Stamp to front board and small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light wear to extremities. Previous owner's name in contemporary hand to title-page. Small part of outer margin of title-page cut off, not affecting text. With numerous neat marginal annotations in contemporary hand throughout. A nice and wide margined copy. (26), 770, (34) pp.
Rare first edition of Neumann’s posthumously published defense of Lutheran orthodoxy, presented in a aphoristic format. A controversial anti-Pietist text it because his most popular and famous work. Johann Georg Neumann (1661–1709) was a provost of the Castle Church and professor of theology in Wittenberg. Known for his intelligence and audacity, Neumann secured professorships in poetry (1690) and theology (1692).
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