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Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin

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Baroque Schupp, Johann Balthasar A Collection of Solemn and Panegyric Orations: Formerly delivered at the Most Illustrious University of Marburg. On the Opinion, Praise and Utility of War. To the Most Illustrious Hero George II, Landgrave of Hesse. On the Fortunes of the Seventeenth Century. The Life and Death of Dr Conrad Dieterici. The Inept Orator. Goat’s Wool. On the Fortunes of Private and Rural Life. The Excellence of Nothing. Schoolboy Pranks. On the Variety of Geniuses. The Art of Becoming Rich, Part One and Part Two. With the prefaces ‘Programmatis’ and ‘Praefationibus’. Giessen, printed by Chemlinianus (Vulpius), 1656. 2 leaves, pp. 9–124, 178 (i.e. 188) pages. Contemporary vellum. First edition. – VD17 3:018957E – Dünnhaupt, 3849, 1.4 – Schupp was a professor of history and rhetoric at Marburg, and from 1643 also a pastor at St Elisabeth’s Church. In 1647–48, he took part in the peace negotiations in Münster as a delegate of the Landgrave, where he delivered the two peace sermons in 1648. Although he also wrote poetry, his strength lay in prose. These consist of moral and contemporary satires. They are directed against deceitfulness, boasting and extravagance (History of the Early Modern Period). – Johann Balthasar S., known primarily as a satirist, but also as a practical theologian and an educator of no small importance (see ADB 33, pp. 66–77 for details). – Title page slightly discoloured and stained, with a small, patched-over tear in the right-hand outer margin. A collection of two sermons, typical moral and social satires directed against deceitfulness, boasting and extravagance. Cont. vellum. – The title page is slightly discoloured and stained, with a small missing section on the right-hand outer edge that has been covered with tape. 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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