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Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin

Estimate €300 - €450
Description
Baroque Miell, Peter Spirit-filled Moral Instruction, or: Christian Perfection … Through Edifying Sermons Delivered from the Pulpit on Sundays and Feast Days … 2nd edition. Regensburg, Bader, 1747. Folio. 4 leaves, 871 pp., 11 leaves of contemporary endpapers with red edges (tattered). A rather rare collection of sermons by the Jesuit preacher Peter (Petro) Miell. - Not listed in VD18; according to KVK, held in only 3 libraries in southern Germany. - Tanned, somewhat stained, handwritten ex-libris on the title page, stamp of a monastery library on the endpaper and title page, leaf 4 with a small tear in the corner. - Also included: Vetweis, Bernhard, *Speculum verae ecclesiae christi ac falsarum ecclesiarum*. In which it is shown that the Roman Catholic Church is the true and only Church of Christ … With an engraved title vignette. Cologne, Busaeus 1664. Fol. (13) leaves, 876 pp., (40) leaves (late) half-leather binding with handwritten title label. - VD17 12:113043Z. - A monumental work of dogmatic theology from the Counter-Reformation by the Franciscan B. Vetweis. - Small note on the title page; partly discoloured and with foxing. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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About the sale Valuable books, prints, historical photographs
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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