Animals in preaching 1621
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ANIMALS IN PREACHING 1621. FRANZ, WOLFGANG. Historia animalium sacra in qua plerorumque animalium praecipuae proprietates in gratiam studiosorum theologiae & ministrorum verbi ad usum eikonologikon breviter accommodantur. In Academia Wittebergensi ante annos aliquot dictata à Wolfgango Franzio. Editio Tertia. Wittenberg, Zachariae Schureri & Johan Gormanni, 1621. 8vo. 158 x 90 mm. (48), 888, 32 pp. Contemporary vellum. Blind tooled ornation on spine and boards. Blue edges. Light foxing and some small stains. A few old underlinings and margin notes. From the library of bishop Eric Waller (1732-1811), with its bookplate.
Third edition. Originally published in 1612. Wolfgang Franz (sometimes Frantze or Franzius) (1564-1628) was a Lutheran theologian and professor in Wittenberg. His Historia animalium sacra... is a zoololgical guidebook for preachers, aimed at helping them to avoid allegorical mistakes. It was very popular and printed in many new editions as late as the 18th century.
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