BRAGHT,TIELEMAN JANS VAN.Der Blutige Schau-Platz oder Maryrer-Spiegel der Tauffs-Gesinnten oder Wehrlosen-Christen...,Ephrata 1748-49,2 vols. in one,thick folio,contemporary calf over bevelled boards,brass clasps,some wear,hinges cracked,browned and foxed,some marginal staining, lacks frontispiece,later printed hymn laid down on upper free endpaper,FIRST EDITION,title printed in red and black."The largest book printed at the Brotherhood Press...The edition consisted of twelve hundred copies,some of which have the title printed in red and black.The engraved frontispiece...is generally missing,as the design was offensive to the Mennonites".Evans 6256. | Christie's

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BRAGHT,TIELEMAN JANS VAN.Der Blutige Schau-Platz oder Maryrer-Spiegel der Tauffs-Gesinnten oder Wehrlosen-Christen...,Ephrata 1748-49,2 vols. in one,thick folio,contemporary calf over bevelled boards,brass clasps,some wear,hinges cracked,browned and foxed,some marginal staining, lacks frontispiece,later printed hymn laid down on upper free endpaper,FIRST EDITION,title printed in red and black."The largest book printed at the Brotherhood Press...The edition consisted of twelve hundred copies,some of which have the title printed in red and black.The engraved frontispiece...is generally missing,as the design was offensive to the Mennonites".Evans 6256.

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BRAGHT,TIELEMAN JANS VAN.Der Blutige Schau-Platz oder Maryrer-Spiegel der Tauffs-Gesinnten oder Wehrlosen-Christen...,Ephrata 1748-49,2 vols. in one,thick folio,contemporary calf over bevelled boards,brass clasps,some wear,hinges cracked,browned and foxed,some marginal staining, lacks frontispiece,later printed hymn laid down on upper free endpaper,FIRST EDITION,title printed in red and black."The largest book printed at the Brotherhood Press...The edition consisted of twelve hundred copies,some of which have the title printed in red and black.The engraved frontispiece...is generally missing,as the design was offensive to the Mennonites".Evans 6256.