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Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin

1436 - Spangenberg, August Gottlieb
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Estimate €200 - €300
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Spangenberg, August Gottlieb A biography of Lord Nicolaus Ludwig, Count and Lord of Zinzendorf and Pottendorf. 8 parts and an index in 6 volumes. With an engraved frontispiece portrait. (Barby), found in the *Bruder-Gemeinen* (1772)–1775. Contemporary paper with handwritten title page (stained, browned, rubbed and bumped). First edition. – Goedeke III, 203. – The first and, at the same time, most detailed biography of the founder of the Herrnhut Brethren, as well as an important source on the history of the Herrnhut Brethren. - Spangenberg was Zinzendorf’s closest collaborator and successor as bishop of the Moravian Church and organiser of the Unitarian provinces in North America and England. Zinzendorf called him the ‘Theologus unitatis’. - “Includes accounts of Count Zinzendorf’s visit to St Thomas, W.I., New York, and Pennsylvania” (Sabin 88931). - Each copy bears an ex-libris featuring the coat of arms of Auguste, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (née Princess of Hesse-Homburg). - Front endpapers partly with marginal notes; a deaccessioned copy from the Schwerin Public Library bearing stamps; in good overall condition. First edition. 8 parts and index in 6 volumes. With an engraved frontispiece portrait. Contemporary cardboard binding with handwritten title on the spine (stained, browned, rubbed and bumped). - The first and, at the same time, most comprehensive biography of the founder of the Moravian Church, as well as an important source on the history of the Moravian Church. - Spangenberg was Zinzendorf’s closest collaborator and successor as bishop of the Moravian Church, and the organiser of the Unitas provinces in North America and England. Zinzendorf called him the ‘Theologus unitatis’. - ‘Includes accounts of Count Zinzendorf’s visit to St Thomas, W.I., New York, and Pennsylvania’ (Sabin 88931). - Each with a coat-of-arms bookplate belonging to Auguste, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (née Princess of Hesse-Homburg). - Front endpapers partly containing marginal notes; a deaccessioned copy from Schwerin Public Library bearing stamps; in good overall condition.
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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