Die Psalmen Davids durch D. Ambr. Lobwasser in Teutsche Reimen gebracht. - Lobwasser, Ambrosius 1515-1585; Morf, Hans Kaspar 1669-1706 (Zürich Gessner, 1707)
Frontispiece showing King David with a harp, and flying cupid holding portrait of Lobwasser
Latin and Italian notes on endpapers, dated 1729 and 1738
Four voices on two facing pages
Ambrosius Lobwasser was a German humanist and translator, born in Saxony. He is best known for this Psalter des Königlichen Propheten David , published in 1573 (Leipzig). This metrical psalter, a translation of the French Genevan psalter by Clément Marot and Théodore de Bèze, became one of the standard psalm-books used by the evangelical churches of the German-speaking lands, including Switzerland. The Lobwasser psalter was widely reprinted into the 1800s.
Originally published as 'Psalter des Königlichen Propheten David' (1573)
Beautiful leather binding with metal clasps
Keywords: 18th Century (1701-1800); Psalm; Hymn; Calvinism; Choral music; Multiple use; Zürich (Switzerland); op de wijze van; harp; koraal zonder fermate