Heiligen Perlen-Schatzes: dritte und letzte Vertheilung über die Monaht September, October, November und December 3/3 - Lassenius, Johannes 1636-1692 (Copenhagen Bockenhoffer, 1689)
Christian devotional literature
The term "Erbauungsliteratur' (edification literature), first mentioned around the 14th century, originally describes popular writings with a religious motivation. Edification literature is not theological literature, as it does not pursue scientific discourses and has no dogmatic intentions. Rather, with the changes of the modern era, there was a focus on inwardness, which stood out through increased piety. It was a guide to a virtuous life that was intended to emotionally edify the mind.
Johannes Lassenius (1636-1692) was a German Lutheran theologian and devotional writer of the Baroque period.
beautiful engravings, including one of a library (frontispiece)
Heiligen Perlen-Schatzes in zwölf Vertheilungen was published in 3 volumes in Copenhagen 1688–89
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erbauungsliteratur
Keywords: 17th Century (1601-1700); Religion; Protestantism; Emblem; Literature; Moral education; Germany