Briève & fidèle exposition de l’origine, de la doctrine, des constitutions, usages et cérémonies ecclésiastiques de l’église de l’Unité des Frères, connus sous le nom de Frères de Bohème & de Moravie, tirée de leurs actes & titres autentiques, par un auteur impartial, ami de la vérité. Avec XVI. planches [...].

8vo: 87 pp. (spotted).

Mod. gilt half calf, marbled paper on covers, spine with morocco label. Good copy.

"First published in German in 1757, this brief history of the origins and doctrines of Church of the Unity of the Brethren is of particular interest for its plates depicting their rites and their missionary work to indigenous peoples" (Sabin). The work is attributed to David Cranz, missionary in the Moravian United Brethren, best known for his 1765 description of Greenland. It concentrates on its history since its establishment in Herrnhut (Saxony, near the Moravian border) under Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf in 1722. Under his guidance the church set up their mission in Greenland and in the British colonies in America. With 16 numbered double-page engr. by J. Rod. Holzhalb. Title in red and black.
Ref. Conlon 58:61. - Sabin 7935.