Life of St. John of Nepomuk 1725 1 Bd. Bohuslav Balbinus, Vita B. Joannis Nepomuceni Martyris, Augsburg 1725. With engraved frontispiece and 30 copper engravings by Joannes Andreas Pfeffel. Traces due to age, binding defective. Collection Edmund Löwe, Munich With the engraved portrait of the Auxiliary Bishop of Olomouc, Franz Julian Count of Braida, to whom the edition is dedicated. The editions of the Vita illustrated by J.A. Pfeffel were first published in German in 1724 and in Latin in 1725.

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