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59 - Thym, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm
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Thym, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Letters Concerning the Preacher’s Simplicity. Halle, Kümmel, 1798. XX (title page, dedication, preface, table of contents), 196 pp. Small 8° format. Contemporary calf leather binding with gold-stamped title on the front cover, rich gilt decoration on the spine, gold-stamped, partly ornamental Filet binding on covers and fore-edges, endpapers of plain-coloured paper, and gold edging on the reverse, punched at head and foot (slightly scuffed and stained). First and only edition; our copy has a distinguished provenance. - VD18: 11272651. - A major work on practical theology by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Thym (1768–1803), a Reformed minister, teacher and author of numerous theological, historical and homiletic writings. - Provenance: Verso of the title page bears the stamp of the Royal Joachimsthal Grammar School (dissolved in 1956) as part of a bequest by the Prussian Minister of Justice, Friedrich Wilhelm von Thulemeier (1735–1811), to whom the author also dedicated the work whilst it was in press. (Regarding the bequest: Köpke, F. C.: Geschichte der Bibliothek des Königl. Joachimsthalschen Gymnasiums … Berlin, 1831, pp. 22ff.) - Very slight browning throughout; otherwise a very well-preserved print on sturdy handmade paper. - Also included: 1. Spalding, Johann Joachim: *On the Usefulness of the Ministry and Its Promotion*. 2nd, presumed edition. Berlin, Voß, 1773. 8 leaves, 256 pp. Small 8°. Contemporary half-leather binding with gold-stamped title, covers of veined paste paper and edges painted in the same decorative style (slightly rubbed and bumped). - VD18:11139412 (for the first edition of 1772) – Provenance see above. – Includes: The same author’s Sermon on the consecration of the new St George’s Church in Berlin by J. J. Spalding on 29 October 1780. Berlin, Voß, 1780. 32 pp. – Well preserved. – Includes: Sack, Friedrich Samuel Gottfried. Memorial sermon on the death of Her Serene Highness Princess Louise Amalia … on 23 January 1780. … Berlin, Decker, 1780. XXXVIII pp. – Slight discolouration. – Also included: 2. Gregor, Christian. Historical Account of the Brothers’ Hymn Book of 1778, and of its Hymn Writers. Gnadau, Burkhard, 1835. 240 pp. Small 8°. Contemporary leather binding with gold-embossed title, rich gilt decoration on the spine, gold-embossed, partly ornamental fillets on the covers and fore-edges, endpapers of plain-coloured paper and gold edging on the reverse (scraped and bumped). – Only edition. – Recto of endpaper with handwritten entry; in good overall condition. First and only edition of this treatise on practical reformist theology; our copy has a distinguished provenance. – VD18: 11272651. - A major work by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Thym (1768–1803), minister, teacher and author of numerous theological, historical and homiletic writings. - Provenance: The verso of the title page bears the stamp of the Royal Joachimsthal Grammar School (dissolved in 1956) as part of the bequest of the Prussian Minister of Justice Friedrich Wilhelm von Thulemeier (1735–1811), to whom the author also dedicates the work in print. (On the bequest: Köpke, F. C.: Geschichte der Bibliothek des Königl. Joachimsthalschen Gymnasiums … Berlin, 1831, pp. 22ff.) - Very slight browning throughout; otherwise a very well-preserved print on sturdy mould-made paper. - Includes: 1. Spalding, Johann Joachim: *On the Usefulness of the Ministry and its Promotion*. 2nd, revised edition. Berlin, Voß, 1773. 8 leaves, 256 pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary half-leather binding with gold-stamped title on the spine, covers of veined paste paper and edges painted in the same style (slightly rubbed and bumped). - VD18:11139412 (for the first edition of 1772) - For provenance, see above. - Bound in: The same author. Sermon on the consecration of the new St George’s Church in Berlin by J. J. Spalding on 29 October 1780. Berlin, Voß, 1780. 32 pp. - In good condition. - Bound in: Sack, Friedrich Samuel Gottfried. Memorial sermon on the death of Her Serene Highness Princess Louise Amalia … on 23 January 1780. … Berlin, Decker, 1780. XXXVIII pp. - Slightly stained by age. - With: 2. Gregor, Christian. Historical account of the Brothers’ Hymn Book of 1778, and of its hymn writers. Gnadau, Burkhard, 1835. 240 pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary leather binding with gold-stamped title, rich gilt decoration on the spine, gold-stamped, partly ornamental fillets on the covers and fore-edges, endpapers of plain coloured paper and gilt edges on the reverse (worn and bumped). – Only edition. – Endpaper recto with handwritten entry, in good overall condition.
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