[Rarebooks] FS:1788 Muhlenberg Memorial

[Deborah Thornton Pendleton]

For Your Consideration.

DENKMAL DER LIEBE UND ACHTUNG...HEINRICH MELCHIOR 
MUHLENBERG...Philadelphia: Melchior Steiner, 1788. 1st edition. 8vo.; 
[9], 60pp., in original glazed speckled wrappers. Spine worn and nearly 
gone, and corners bumped, but still sound. Water stain on rear blank in 
outer margin but not effecting other pages. Housed in an old spotted 
slipcase with paper label on spine. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg 
(1711-1787) was known as the "Lutheran Pope" and responsible for the 
promulgation of Lutheranism in America. Handsome engraved portrait 
frontis of Muhlenberg. Title page darkened from offset of frontis, and 
light toning throughout. This book includes Muhlenberg's biography, 
excerpts from his diary and letters, sermons, poems and two hymns, and 
the thoughts of his children and grandchildren about his death. Evans 
21139.  $375


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