German Pietists of Pennsylvania, 1694-1708. Phila., 1895.
Item #26909
SACHSE, Julius F. The German Pietists of Pennsylvania, 1694-1708. Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1895. 1st ed. [with] The German Sectarians of Pennsylvania, 1708-1800. A Critical and Legendary History of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers. Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1899-1900. 1st ed. 3 vols. in all. 4tos. Illustrated. xviii, 504; xxi, 506; xvi, 535pp. Uniformly bound in orig. cloth, untrimmed, t.e.g. A very good set. Howes S-7 and S-8. The "German Pietists" was limited to 500 signed and numbered copies, and contains a 1925 letter presenting the book to a Mr. Nitzsche. The "German Sectarians" is one of 350 signed and numbered sets, and contains the prospectus for the set in the first volume. Sachse (1842-1919) was a historian of Pennsylvania German culture and these two works continue to be cited and built upon by twenty-first century scholars. The "German Pietists" is illustrated with plates Sachse took himself; as editor of an early photography journal, he was also a self-conscious historian of the development of photography in Philadelphia.
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