Postilla, Das ist: Geistreiche Erklärung Der Evangelischen Texte durchs gantze Jahr auff alle Sonn Hohe und andere Fest und ApostelTage - Arndt, Johann 1555-1621; Spener, Philipp Jakob 1635-1705; Meyer, Conrad 1618-1689 (Frankfurt am Main Zunner, 1675)
2 volumes in 1
First published in Jena 1616–1620 (in four parts)
Johann Arndt was a Lutheran theologian and forerunner of Pietism who published influential books on devotion
Pia Desideria, the manifesto of Lutheran Pietism by Phillipp Jakob Spener, first appeared in 1675 as a preface to this new edition of Arndt's Postilla.
Contains an elaborate frontispiece engraving, a portrait of the author, as well as 46 beautiful and quite 'theatrical' illustrations throughout the book. Some of them are signed by Conrad Meyer (1618-1689) a Swiss painter, engraver, and medallist, who designed and engraved them whilst being a member of his teacher's workshop Matthäus Merian the Elder (1593-1650) in Frankfurt.
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Keywords: 17th Century (1601-1700); Lute; Religion; Sermon; Theology