Des hocherleuchteten Theologi, Herrn Johann Arndts, weiland General-Superintendenten des Fürstenthums Lüneburg, &c. Sämtliche sechs geistreiche Bücher vom wahren Christenthum das ist: Von heilsamer Busse, hertzlicher Reue und Leid über die Sünde, wahrem Glauben, auch heiligem Leben und Wandel der rechten wahren Christen Vom wahren Christenthum Des hocherleuchteten Theologi, Herrn Johann Arndts Sämtliche sechs geistreiche Bücher vom wahren Christenthum Arndt, Johann 1555-1621 Varenius, August 1620-1684 text pau Philadelphia gedruckt und verlegt bey Benjamin Fräncklin und Johann Böhm. 1751 Neue Auflage mit Kupfern, samt richtigen Anmerckungen, kräfftigen Gebetern über alle Capitel, und einem sechsfachen Register. monographic ger print [32], 1356 p., [64] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 20 cm. (8vo) Originally published (first book only) under title: Von wahrem Christenthumb. Frankfurt, 1605, and (in four books) under title: Vier Bücher vom wahren Christenthumb. Brunswick, 1606. Earlier editions of the present work (in six books) first published as: Johann Arnds Sechs geistreiche Bücher vom wahren Christenthum. Jena, ca. 1630; ... Sämtliche geistreiche Bücher vom wahren Christenthum. Leipzig, 1715; Johann Arnds Sechs Bücher von wahrem Christenthum. Stockholm, 1731; Johann Arndts Sechs Bücher vom wahren Christenthum. Königsberg, 1733. First published under present title: Schaffhausen, 1737. Prefatory note (p. [8], 1st count) signed: Johann Christoph Hartwig. Includes footnotes by August Varenius. Signatures: )(-2)(⁸ A-3A⁸ [3B]⁸ 3C-4M⁸ 4N-4T⁴ 4U² ()(1 verso, T7 verso, 3I7 verso, 4G3 verso blank) Plates unnumbered, printed in Germany; most of the plates (except for plates [1-2], [20-22] and [24-28]) with letterpress explanation on their rectos or versos (on the opposite side of the illustrations). Except for the first two plates and the six plates (1 each at the beginning of a book), the other 56 plates apparently printed on 7 sheets, signed A-B, D-G on the letterpress side of the first leaf; the third sheet, comprising plates [20-22] and [24-28] has no letterpress text and hence lacks the signature "C". (Plates [4-11] form sheet A; plates [12-19], B; plates [29-36], D; plates [37-43] and [45], E; plates [46-53], F; and plates [55-62], G). An index to these 56 plates is provided on p. 1354-1356. Plate [1] includes portrait of the author. Numerous errors in paging. Includes indexes. "Von Ankunft, Leben und seligem Absterben Herrn Johann Arndts, &c." (p. [15-24], 1st count) Arndt, Johann, 1555-1621. Biography Christianity Christian life United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia BR120 .A652 1751 Evans 6630 Hildeburn, C.R. The issues of the press of Pennsylvania, 1204 Seidensticker, O. German printing, 37 Miller, C.W. Benjamin Franklin's Philadelphia printing, 520 31003998 aacr RPJCB 880310 19940906000000.0 RIBR88-B85 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.5 using MARC21slim2MODS3-5.xsl (Revision 1.106 2014/12/19) deshocherleuchte00arnd_0