Stern so aus Jacob aufgangen Maria
Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann, 1994. Facsimile edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo. (8) (8) 142pp. Original light green cloth with white and green lettering on cover and spine. Frontispiece. Decorative headpieces and initials, historiated endpieces. Each chapter with b/w reproduction of emblem. From the series "Rarissima Litterarum," reprints of rare original works from the 16th to the 18th century. Edited by Gerhard Dünnhaupt, Vol. 1.
The powerful and eloquent preacher Abraham à Sancta Clara was born in 1644 under the name Ulrich Megerlein in the village Kreenheinstetten in Baden-Württemberg. After learning Latin in Meßkirch he went to the Jesuit school in Ingolstadt and later to the Benedictine school in Salzburg. At the age of eighteen he joined the Augustine barefoot order and, after the novitiate, he preached in Maria Stern near Taxa in Bavaria. Leopold I. of Austria called on him to become the court preacher. Here he experienced the great plague and the siege of the Turks, two events that made his name inerasably connected to the city of Vienna. As only few others he understood the troubles and woes of the people and became a legendary preacher.
Facsimile reprint of the rare book of emblems representing a paraphrase of the Lauretan Litania. Each invocation of the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary opens with an emblem. The title relates to Abraham's work in Maria Stern, Bavaria. The original work was published in 1680 in two versions, a Latin version printed in red and black, and a German version, both penned by Abraham à Sancta Clara. The facsimile at hand is a reprint of the original German version. Fine condition. Item #47133
ISBN: 3777294233
Price: $65.00