Scrivers, Treasure of the Soul, Magdeburg 1737.

M. Christian Scrivers (...) Seelen-Schatz (...) Theile I, II, III.

Magdeburg und Leipzig. sel. Christoph Seidels Witwe u. G . E. Scheidhauer 1737.

15 sheets, 897 pages + 19 pages nlb. ; 35 cm.

Period binding, leather. Binding cracked at the spine on both sides.

Volume five (last) of an important work of Protestant religious literature by Christian Scriver (1629 - 1693) - German Lutheran pastor and religious writer. "Treasure of the Soul" describes the soul's transition from misery to eternal life combining allegory, dogma and ethics. The offered book is a typical Baroque print with a striking two-color title page and copperplate vignettes.