617 - Abraham a Sancta Clara (i.e., Johann Ulrich Megerle). *Heilsames Gemisch Gemasch* (A Healing Mixture), that is: All manner of strange and wondrous stories, interspersed with many concepts and moral lessons. With an engraved frontispiece and 50 half-page text engravings by C. Luyken. Würzburg, Hertz for C. Weigel, Nuremberg, 1704. 4 leaves, 537 pp., 3 leaves. 20 x 16 cm. Contemporary parchment binding (stained).

Abraham a Sancta Clara (i.e., Johann Ulrich Megerle). *Heilsames Gemisch Gemasch* (A Healing Mixture), that is: All manner of strange and wondrous stories, interspersed with many concepts and moral lessons. With an engraved frontispiece and 50 half-page text engravings by C. Luyken. Würzburg, Hertz for C. Weigel, Nuremberg, 1704. 4 leaves, 537 pp., 3 leaves. 20 x 16 cm. Contemporary parchment binding (stained). Bertsche 46a 2 - Dünnhaupt 43.2 (cf.) - Seebaß-Edelmann III, 16. - A variant of the first edition unknown to Dünnhaupt and Faber du Faur (1124). With the characteristics listed by Bertsche. - An anthology of edifying and didactic writings with curious titles, typical of Abraham à Sancta Clara’s style (Dünnhaupt). “The copperplate engravings, rich in figures, complement the text well and are distinguished by pretty landscapes and vistas.” (Seebaß-Edelmann). – Endpapers are stained; the first 3 leaves are slightly browned and have a small ink stain at the margin; the title page has a partially erased ownership inscription and is sporadically stained; the page margins show wormholes in places. *