Lot Number:
260
Item Location:
Issaquah, WA. Near 192nd Ct SE.
Preview Date/Time:
Wednesday, July 15th - (By Appointment - Call Adam @ 253-449-6650)
Pickup Date/Time:
Sunday, July 19th - (9:00 AM - 2:00 PM - By Appointment)
Start Date/Time:
07/11/26, 7:00 AM
End Date/Time:
07/17/26, 9:20:00 PM
Current Bid:
$5.00
Minimum Bid:
$6.00
Buyer's Premium: 15% will be added to the final price.
Description:
📚 A remarkable piece of early American printing and German-American history!
Offered here is an original 1765 edition of Johann Arndt's Paradiess-Gärtlein ("Paradise Garden"), printed in Germantown, Pennsylvania by the renowned colonial printer Christoph Saur (Christopher Sower). The title page identifies the work as:
"Paradiess-Gärtlein, Zur Übung des wahren Christenthums..."
This devotional prayer book was written by Johann Arndt (1555–1621), one of Lutheranism's most influential theologians. The 1765 Germantown printing is considered an important example of early American German-language publishing.
Features:
- 📖 Original 1765 publication
- 🇺🇸 Printed in Germantown, Pennsylvania
- 🖨️ Printer: Christoph Saur
- 🐄 Original full leather binding
- 🔒 Retains its original brass clasp and hardware
- ✨ Decorative period typography throughout
- 📝 Early handwritten ownership inscriptions
- 📚 Hundreds of pages of German devotional text
Condition:
- Heavy age-related wear to the leather binding.
- Spine leather has loss at the lower portion.
- Covers show scuffing, edge wear, and rubbing.
- Pages exhibit toning, foxing, stains, and expected wear consistent with age.
- Binding remains together and the clasp is still present.
- Please review all photographs carefully for overall condition.
An outstanding addition for collectors of:
- Early American imprints
- Colonial Pennsylvania history
- German Americana
- Antique religious books
- Christoph Saur publications
- Lutheran history and theology
Items are sold as-is, where-is. Photos are considered part of the description.
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