The ancient and modern history of the Brethren, or, A succinct narrative of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren or Unitas Fratrum in the remoter ages and particularly in the present century / written in German by David Cranz, author of the History of Greenland ; now translated into English, with emendations, and published, with some additional notes, by Benjamin La Trobe.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Alte und neue Brüder-Historie. English
Main Author: Cranz, David, 1723-1777 (Author)
Corporate Author: W. and A. Strahan (London, England) (Printer)
Other Authors: La Trobe, Benjamin, 1725-1786 (Translator, Editor)
Robson, James, 1733-1806 (Bookseller)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
German
Published: London : Printed by W. and A. Strahan and sold by J. Robson in Bond-Street, T. Cadell in the Strand, C. Dilly in the Poultry, and at the settlements and chapels of the congregations of the Brethren, MDCCLXXX [1780]
Subjects:
Bohemian Brethren > History > Early works to 1800.
Moravian Church > History > Early works to 1800.
Marbled calf bindings.
Gauffered edges.
Headbands.
Genre:
Early works to 1800.
Marbled calf bindings.
Gauffered edges.
Headbands.
Ownership and Custodial History:
MSU: Inscription on fourth front fly-leaf recto: T. Bird, from his beloved [Br. More?], Augt 24, 1804, Fairfield.
MSU: Inscription on third front fly-leaf recto: Augusta Frederica Haase Warman[n] bequeathed by her beloved father the Revd Thomas Bird.
Local Note:
MSU: Special binding.
MSU: Gift of Barbara Sawyer-Koch.
MSU: Conservation 2016 Wallace Conservation Lab, MSU Libraries.
Binding Information:
MSU: Early calf tooled in gold and marbled in various colors; gilt and gauffered edges; marbled endpapers.
Physical Description:16 unnumbered pages, xii, 1 unnumbered page, 14-621 pages, 91 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm (8vo)
Variant Title:
Succinct narrative of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren or Unitas Fratrum in the remoter ages and particularly in the present century.
Format: Book
Description
Note:Translation of: Alte und neue Brüder-Historie, oder, Kurz gefasste Geschichte der Evangelischen Brüderunität in den ältern Zeiten und insonderheit in dem gegenwärtigen Jahrhundert.
Signatures: A-2Y⁸ 2Z⁴.
Advertisements on penultimate leaf.
Errata on final leaf recto.
Call Number:BX8565 .C713 1780
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages [13]-[16] at front) and index.
References:
English short title catalogue, T144367.
Source of Acquisition:
Barbara Sawyer-Koch; Gift. MiEM.