Paradisisches Wunder-Spiel : welches sich in diesen letzten Zeiten und Tagen in denen abendländischen Welt-Theilen, als ein Vorspiel der neuen Welt hervorgethan: : bestehend in einer neuen Sammlung andächticher und zum Lob des grossen Gottes eingerichteter geistlicher, und ehedessen zum Theil publicirter Lieder.
| Other author | Beissel, Conrad, 1690-1768. |
| Other author | Miller, Johann Peter, 1710-1796, editor. |
| Other author | Ephrata Cloister. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Ephratae [Penn.] : Typis & consensu Societatis, A: D: MDCCLXVI. [1766] |
| Description | 9 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 472 pages, 6 unnumbered pages ; 25 cm (4to) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 10239. ^A478749 |
| Contents | Vorrede (signed: Der Verleger. Ephrata den ersten January 1767.) -- [Die Lieder des ... Vaters Friedsam Gottrecht ...] -- Zweyte Abtheylung, enthaltend (wehnige ausgenommen,) die Lieder der Gesellschafft der ehrwürdigen einsamen Brüder -- Ein angenehmer Geruch der Rosen und Lilien ... -- Letzte Abtheilung, enthaltend die Lieder ... verfertigt von der christlichen Gemeinde, die zu Ephrata gehöret. -- Register. |
| General note | A collection of 725 hymns, without music, differing almost entirely from the book of anthems and choruses published under a similar title in 1754 (Evans 7147). Most of the hymns had been previously printed in the Franklin hymnbooks (1730-1736) and in the "Turteltaube." The first 441 are by Conrad Beissel. The preface is probably by Brother Jaebez (i.e., Johann Peter Miller). Cf. Seidensticker, O. German printing, and Sachse, Julius O. German sectarians of Pennsylvania, 1708-1800. |
| General note | Title vignette: Seal of the brotherhood (Reilly 969). |
| General note | Printed in two columns. |
| General note | Comma substituted for virgule following "geistlicher" in title transcription. |
| General note | Imprint printed in Roman type. |
| References | Evans 10239 |
| References | Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 2242 |
| References | Bötte & Tannhof. German printing, 328 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 10239). |
| Genre/form | Hymnals. |