FRANKLIN, Benjamin, printer]. [ZINZENDORF, N. Ludwig (1700-1760)]. BECHTELN, Johannes, editor. Kurzer Catechismus vor etliche Gemeinen Jesu aus der Reformirten Religion in Pennsylvania . Philadelphia: Gedruckt bey Benjamin Franklin 1742. 12 o (130 x 176 mm). Collation : A-C 6 D 4 . 21 leaves (of 22, without final blank). 19th-century dark blue straight-grained morocco gilt, edges gilt, by Bedford. Provenance : Huth (bookplate). FIRST EDITION OF THE CATECHISM OF THE MORAVIAN BRETHREN IN AMERICA. "This short catechism was compiled by Count Zinzendorf... during the early spring of 1742, read, approved, and ordered printed by a gathering of German Protestants, largely United Brethren, on April 6, 1942, at their fifth conference, and then prepared for the press by John Bechtel" (Miller 309). Rosenbach, Early American Children's Books , no. 28; Evans II:4889. no. 28; Sabin 4223.
FRANKLIN, Benjamin, printer]. [ZINZENDORF, N. Ludwig (1700-1760)]. BECHTELN, Johannes, editor. Kurzer Catechismus vor etliche Gemeinen Jesu aus der Reformirten Religion in Pennsylvania . Philadelphia: Gedruckt bey Benjamin Franklin 1742. 12 o (130 x 176 mm). Collation : A-C 6 D 4 . 21 leaves (of 22, without final blank). 19th-century dark blue straight-grained morocco gilt, edges gilt, by Bedford. Provenance : Huth (bookplate). FIRST EDITION OF THE CATECHISM OF THE MORAVIAN BRETHREN IN AMERICA. "This short catechism was compiled by Count Zinzendorf... during the early spring of 1742, read, approved, and ordered printed by a gathering of German Protestants, largely United Brethren, on April 6, 1942, at their fifth conference, and then prepared for the press by John Bechtel" (Miller 309). Rosenbach, Early American Children's Books , no. 28; Evans II:4889. no. 28; Sabin 4223.
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