The Heart of Man, Either a Temple of God, or a Habitation of Satan : Represented in Ten Emblematical Figures, Calculated to Awaken and Promote a Christian Disposition
by [Gossner, Johannes ]
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Harrisburg: Theo. F. Scheffer. Good. 1868. reprint. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 72 pages; No date given [circa 1860's] Theo. F. Scheffer, Harrisburg. HC in publisher's quarter burgundy cloth backed spine with pictorial paper covered boards. Spine unlettered, as issued. Early American printing of this popular didactic emblem book. Generally claimed as an 1842 printing, but wear to the type suggests something later and the binding materials and paper suggest 1860's - 1870's. Hinges tender but sound. Light soiling and mild damp evidence to covers; a bump and stress crease to the top front corner of the cover. Original endleaves were of much cheaper paper than the paper used for the text block, with the result that they have toned the title page and terminal printed leaf. The endpapers had cracked and detached; we have discarded them as their acid content can only further harm the balance. Contents complete and generally clean with english language reproductions of the original engraved emblems. Illustrated with ten full page woodcut plates. The woodcuts symbolically depict various states of a person's heart to the extent they are on the path to salvation or backsliding to Satan. Good .
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- Bookseller
- DogStar Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47259
- Title
- The Heart of Man, Either a Temple of God, or a Habitation of Satan : Represented in Ten Emblematical Figures, Calculated to Awaken and Promote a Christian Disposition
- Author
- [Gossner, Johannes ]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- reprint
- Publisher
- Theo. F. Scheffer
- Place of Publication
- Harrisburg
- Date Published
- 1868
- Bookseller catalogs
- Esoterica; Christianity;
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About the Seller
DogStar Books
Biblio member since 2020
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About DogStar Books
DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare book store located in historic Lancaster PA. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, images, and paper since 1991. We maintain a large general collection of over 40,000 titles on premises to serve our local book loving clientele. Out of town visitors and buyers are always welcome. Our online inventory at Biblio began in 2020 and we will be increasing our inventory here on a regular basis.
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- Title Page
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Cracked
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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