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Miscellaneorum sacrorum libri quatuor, cum tabulis aliquot aeneis [WITH] Johannis Marckii : Oratio funebris, in obitum plurimum reverendi, doctissimi, et celeberrimi viri, Hermannii Witsii...

Witsii, Hermanni (Hermann Witsius); Johannis Marckii (Johannes à Marck)

Herbornae Nassaviorum (Herborn, Germany): Johannis Nicolai Andreae, 1712. Third edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8 1/4 x 6 1/2"). [24], 26, 54, [6], 859, [73]pp. Modern grey linen with gilt lettered label on spine. Additional engraved title. Title page in red and black lettering. Separate title page for Johannes Marckius' funeral eulogy delivered on October 29, 1708. Title vignettes. Decorative head-, tailpieces and initials.

Published four years after the death of its author*, this work is the third edition of Hermann Witsius' compendium of religious works.

The book contains Johannes Marckius' funeral eulogy delivered on October 29, 1708, just a week after Hermann Witsius' passing.

Includes four striking full-page engravings (unsigned) illustrating "De Tabernaculi Levitici mysteriis" and "De Sacerdotio Aaronis et Christi" (Book II).

Also includes an extensive Index at rear.

Modern endpapers. Ex-library stamp on inside of main title, and at inner margin of the first page of Dedication (both not affecting lettering). Contemporary previous owner's inscription at upper margin of fly leaf, and several marginalia in Latin throughout (not affecting lettering). Minor and sporadic age-toning and foxing. Text in Latin with some Hebrew and Greek. Binding and interior in overall very good condition. vg. Item #43151

* Hermann Witsius (1636-1708) was "Professor of Divinity in the Universities of Franeker, Utrecht, and Leyden. A brilliant and devout student, he was fluent in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew by the age of 15, when he entered the University of Utrecht. He was ordained at 21 and served in several pastorates, filling both the pulpit and the academic chair over the course of his life" (Encyclopedia Britannica).

Price: $450.00