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[Of] ARNDT original: "ARNDTI"

of Magdeburg? original: "Magdeburgensis"; Johann Arndt (1555–1621) was a German Lutheran who served in Magdeburg and became a foundational figure in the movement known as Pietism.

WORKS original: "OPERA"

These are all the writings, as many

as were composed by him in manuscript and

especially in treatises?

with extraordinary diligence

in the Latin language

Together with a New Philological

and Historical? Commentary

on the Four Books of True Christianity

Arndt's "True Christianity" (Vom wahren Christentum) was one of the most influential devotional books in Protestant history, emphasizing a "living faith" and personal piety over dry church doctrine.

also with many beautiful copperplate engravings

A large, ornate rectangular woodcut printer's device featuring complex Baroque scrollwork and floral motifs surrounding a central cartouche, which is partially obscured by the mirroring effect.

Strasbourg

Published by Johann Reinhold Dulssecker

IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD

original: "ANNO DOMINI"

1696

original: "M DC XC VI"