Scriver, ChristianTreasure of the Soul. 5 parts... Lot 128

Scriver, ChristianTreasure of the Soul. 5 parts in 1 vol. With two engraved frontispieces. Frontispiece, 1 text engraving and 3 (rev.) title vignettes. Leipzig, Magdeburg and Leipzig, Seidel and Scheidhauer, 1744. folio. 13 vols, 897 p., 8 vols, 3 vols, 706, -1007 p., 18 vols. Pigskin on wooden boards with 7 (of 8) corner mounts and 2 clasps (somewhat rubbed, binding heavily darkened). Scriver, Christian Seelen-Schatz. 5 parts in 1 vol. With two engraved frontispieces. Frontispiece, 1 text engraving and 3 (rev.) title vignettes. Leipzig, Magdeburg and Leipzig, Seidel and Scheidhauer, 1744. folio. 13 vols, 897 p., 8 vols, 3 vols, 706, -1007 p., 18 vols. Pigskin on wooden boards with 7 (of 8) corner mounts and 2 clasps (somewhat rubbed, binding heavily darkened). Extremely popular and influential Protestant edification book due to its numerous popular examples and its practical reason, published in several editions and print variants since 1680, a guide to Christian living. Spener's friend Scirver (1629-1693) was one of the pioneers of Pietism. Includes index. - Notes on endpapers, frontispiece loosened, 2nd frontispiece with small marginal defect outside the illustration, somewhat browned, 1 leaf with lateral tear, altogether a good copy.