Konvolut - Teologiske tryk - 1741-1797

Five rare Danish theological prints from the 18th century in contemporary bindings, offering a representative cross-section of Protestant edification, preaching, and controversy literature, while impressively documenting Denmark's religious book culture.
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1. Georg Ursin; Friderich Ursin (eds.). Explanations on Job, the Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs, together with a Preface. First and Second Tome.
Copenhagen, Niels Hansen Møller or Friderich Ursins’ Costs, 1741. 4 works in 1. Contemporary leather-case binding. 21 x 18 cm

Extensive commentary by the Danish theologian Georg Ursin on the poetic books of the Old Testament. The two volumes explain Job, the Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs, combining philological exposition with Lutheran faith.
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2. James Blair; Dideric de Thurah (ed.). Before the Savior’s divine Sermon on the Mountain...? First and Second Tome.
Copenhagen, 1761. 3 volumes. 988 + 430 pages. Contemporary leather bindings with rich spine gilding, red edge. 20 x 13 cm

Danish translation of the famous interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount by the Scottish clergyman James Blair, by Dideric de Thurah. The work treats chapters 5 to 7 of the Gospel of Matthew and ranks among the important preaching and edification writings of Protestant 18th century.
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3. Marezoll, J. G.; Liebenberg, M. F. (eds.). Andagtsbog for Qvindekionnet especially for the educated and thinking portion of it. First Part.
Copenhagen, Johan Frederik Schultz, 1797. 364 pages, contemporary half-leather binding with marbled covers.

First part of a devotional book for educated women by the Lutheran theologian Johann Georg Marezoll, edited by M. F. Liebenberg.
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4. Nicolai Edinger Balle. Doctor Morten Luther’s Little Catechism, newly issued and furnished with notes.
Copenhagen, F. M. Thiele, 1786. 257 pages. Contemporary half-leather binding with marbled covers.

Commented edition of Martin Luther’s Small Catechism by the later bishop Nicolai Edinger Balle. The edition serves both for instruction of schoolchildren and for domestic religious education and belongs to the influential catechetical textbooks of Danish Lutheranism in the late 18th century.
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5. Annotations on the Liturgical Strife in Copenhagen in the year 1785. A defense-writing for two eminent clergymen.
Copenhagen, Christian Friederich Holm, 1785. 10 works in one volume. Contemporary half-leather binding.

Collection volume on the so-called liturgical controversy in Copenhagen in 1785. The anonymously published writings take positions on church-political and liturgical reform debates within the Danish state church and represent an important source on the church public sphere of the Enlightenment era.
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Overall well-preserved lot with age-appropriate signs of use and storage. The bindings are partly rubbed and bumped, with occasional small defects. Occasional older ownership marks and handwritten entries; the paper largely clean and well preserved.