Author: BOCK, FRIEDRICH SAMUEL:
Title: Kurtz gefasste Missionsgeschicht, oder Merkwürdige Nachrichten von den in neuern Zeiten angewandten Bemühungen die Heyden zum christlichen Glauben zu bekehren. Köningsberg, Verlag J. H. Hertungs, 1743.
Description: . Pp. 336, Register (12). Small repair to one leaf (pp. 7/8). Contemporary boards, title in manuscript on spine, some staining to covers. Copy of Ericsberg. First edition. A treatise of heathendom and missionary activities in general. Includes chapters about the Danish mission in India; the Dutch acitivities; the British in the East and West Indies; the Swedish mission in Lapland; and the Russians among the Ostjaks. Bock (1716-86) was professor of theology at Königsberg. Sabin 6105.

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