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Subject: Religion & Spirituality / Christianity / LutheranLanguage: German (Fraktur / Gothic text)
Publisher: Edmund Y. Schelly
Place of Publication: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Year Printed: 1837
Author: Dr. Johann Jacob Rambach Special Attributes: Illustrated, Antiquarian & Collectible 📖
Item Description Title: Betrachtungen über das ganze Leiden Christi (Meditations on the Entire Passion of Christ)
Publisher / Year: Printed and Published by Edmund Y. Schelly, Philadelphia, 1837Binding: Bound in original 19th-century full calf leather with a mottled brown finish.
Spine: Features a black gilt-lettered leather title label reading \"J. J. Rambachs Leiden Christi\". Raised bands show gold tooling lines.
Exterior Wear: Shows age-appropriate shelf wear. Visible rubbing and scuffing to the leather surface. Bumping and mild leather loss at the corners and spine ends.
Hinges & Joints: External joints show typical surface cracking and rubbing but remain structurally attached.
Interior: Page edges show heavy uniform toning and foxing consistent with 1830s paper stock.About this Volume:
Up for sale is a beautiful piece of 19th-century German-American religious history. This book features the classical theological meditations of Johann Jacob Rambach on the Passion of Jesus Christ. Printed locally in Philadelphia for the early German-American community, the text is beautifully typeset in traditional German Fraktur/Gothic script.The volume features prominent woodcut illustrations, including a striking frontispiece image depicting Jesus Christ wearing the crown of thorns. Included at the rear is the supplemental section covering the \"seven last words of the crucified Jesus\" (Gekreuzigten Jesu).
