Cithara Sanctorum...Pi?sne Duchovni? Stare i nove, kterychz Ci?rkev Krest?anska? pri Vyyrocni?ch Slavnostech a Pamatkach... [& 2 other works]. by TRANOVSKY, Jiri [1592-1637]

Pest: 1868-1870-1870. Tranovsky's 'Lyre of the Saints', together with the Kralice Bible, became the cornerstones of the Slovak Reformation. It was first published in 1636 and has remained the basis of the Czech and Slovak Lutheran hymnal to the present day. 8vo. pp. xvi, 1247; 112; 237, [3]. 2 wood-engraved frontis., full-page wood-engraved portrait of Luther & title vignette. text in Czech. contemporary leather over wooden bds., sides encased in metal with bosses & central open panel, 4 metal strips across spine, metal clasps (some leaves with marginal defects sometimes with slight loss of text, dampstaining to upper margin of first few leaves, damage to central leather panel of upper cover). elala5497