555 - Heidelberg Catechism—Major Christianae Reformatae Religionis Catechismus Heydelbergensis ... That is: The Heidelberg Large Catechism ... translated into High German by Gregorium Thomson. Frankfurt am Main, Daniel Fievet, 1670. 8 leaves, 434 pp., 10 leaves. 17.5 x 10 cm. Contemporary parchment binding (stained and dusty).

Heidelberg Catechism—Major Christianae Reformatae Religionis Catechismus Heydelbergensis ... That is: The Heidelberg Large Catechism ... translated into High German by Gregorium Thomson. Frankfurt am Main, Daniel Fievet, 1670. 8 leaves, 434 pp., 10 leaves. 17.5 x 10 cm. Contemporary parchment binding (stained and dusty). A revised edition of the Heidelberg Catechism; the only known copy in our collection is an incomplete one held by the Duchess Anna Amalia Library (= VD17 32:677432E). The translation, expanded to include biographies of the Church Fathers, follows Nicolaas Heussenius’s *De Heidelbergsche Catechismus*, Rotterdam 1657. Thomson served as a preacher for the Electoral Palatinate in Neuenhain im Taunus from 1656 to 1672. - Bound with: J. Denison. *Dreyfacher Underricht, nothwendig zur Seligkeit* ... originally written in English ... translated into Dutch ... rendered into High German by Johann Jacob Freyen. Basel, J. R. Genath for J. König, 1669. 13 leaves, 422 pp., 8 leaves. - Main volume in clean condition; supplementary volume has slight water stains along the edges in places.