BRAGHT, Tielman Janszoon van.

Der Blutige Schau-Platz Oder Martyrer Speigel Der Tauffsgesinten

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BRAGHT, Tielman Janszoon van. Der Blutige Schau-Platz Oder Martyrer Speigel Der Tauffsgesinten Odor Wehrlosen-Christen, Die Um Des Zeugnuss Jesu Ihres Seligmachers Willen Geltten Haben, Und Seynd Getodtet Worden. Ephrata, PA: Drucks and Verlags der Bruderschafft, 1748-1749. Two volumes in one. 56,478,[4],[14], 949,[11]pp. Engraved frontis. Thick folio. Contemporary calf over wooden boards, brass corners. Extremities rubbed. Light scattered soiling and foxing, remnants of printed label and library annotations on front pastedown. Very good. Hildeburn 1050. Evans 6256. Arndt 96. NAIP w019947.A massive Protestant martyrology from the noted Brotherhood Press in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, translated by Johann Peter Miller and commissioned by the Mennonites. "The largest book printed at the Brotherhood Press. The Ephrata Brethren were three years engaged upon its printing and binding...The engraved frontispiece, representing the army of the martyrs marching to Heaven is generally missing, as the design was offensive to the Mennonites" -Evans. This copy has the frontispiece intact. The largest book produced in colonial America.

Price: $4,500.00