757 - Baroque

Baroque Wagner, Jost New Year’s Sermon. On the Excellent Grace That the Dear Lord Has So Graciously Preserved Us and Our Churches in Peace Amid Today’s Severe Wars. Prepared and delivered by Josten Wagner, minister of the Word of God in Bärenschweil. Zurich, Hamberger, 1626. 20 leaves (modern). Lwd. First edition, very rare. — According to the KVK, only one copy in Switzerland. Bibliography. - This work is an important historical document of the Reformed Church in the Canton of Zurich. It reflects the deep fears and theological worldview of people in the midst of the Thirty Years’ War. - Slight discoloration, some with small water stains on the outer margins. - Bound together with: Nuescheler, Felix, *Sermo ecclesiasticus synodalis: Or Christian Sermons Delivered in the Churches of the Great Minster in Zurich...* 1665. Zurich, Simler, 1665. 24 pp. - Rare sermon by the first Reformed pastor of the Nüscheler family. - Moulin, Pierre de, The Abyss of God’s Mercy, or A Christian Sermon on the Converted Murderer at the Cross. With title vignette. Zurich, Weyß, 1663. 23 pp. - ADB 22, 105 - Wyß, Felix, A Christian Sermon on Almsgiving. Zurich, Hamberger, 1664. 34 pp. (discolored, slight water stain on the edge). - First edition. - VD17 39:135966Z. - Rare anthology containing four Swiss sermons from Protestant Zurich in the 17th century. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union. This work is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints, and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.