Heermann,J. Lot n° 176

Heptalogus Christi, that is: The most blessed Seven Words of our Savior Jesus Christ, with which He ended His life on the Cross. Considered and explained in VII sermons. Now revised, corrected and improved for the third time by the author himself. Lpz. and Breslau, Köler 1639. Cl.4°. 4 pp., 146 p., 3 pp. cloth with rverg. (cover bent open, somewhat rubbed and worm-eaten). Jöcher II, 1539. cat. Breslauer, Das dt. Lied, no. 292/II (with an edition 1670). Not in Goed, Faber du Faur, Wilpert-G. - Very rare book of edification by this, next to Paul Gerhardt, most important Protestant songwriter of the 17th century, who was one of the first to adopt Opitz's verse forms. Ph. Wackernagel calls him the greatest poet that the Silesian lands have produced, their glory and adornment... (after cat. Breslauer). - Some worming (slight loss of text), title page with some underl. Some missing parts. - Provenance: Nobleman's library.