Author: Hartknoch Christoph, 1644 - 1687
Title: Preussische Kirchen-Historia, Darinnen Von Einführung der Christlichen Religion in diese Lande, wie auch von der Conservation, Fortpflantzung, Reformation und dem heutigen Zustande derselben ausführlich gehandelt wird. Nebst vielen denckwürdigen Begebenheiten, so sich biß an diese Zeiten in dem Kirchen-Wesen daselbst zugetragen, Aus vielen gedruckten und geschriebenen Documenten, nicht allein den Inwohnern dieser Lande, sondern auch wegen der genauen Connexion deß Geschicht-Wesens, allen Teutschen zu gut, mit sonderbarem Fleiß zusammen getragen Durch M. Christophorum Hartknoch, des Thornischen Gymnasii Professorem.
Title in English: The History of Church in Prussia, Including the Establishment of Christianity in These Parts, Extensive Explanation of its Consolidation, Spread, Reformation, and Current State. Memorable Stories from Many Written and Published Documents Since the Times the Church Arrived There, Beneficial not only to the Inhabitants of These Lands, but also to Almost all Germans Because of its Close Connection to History, Carefully Composed by Professor of the Gymnasium of Torun M. Christoph Hartknoch.
Published: Frankfurt, Beckstein 1686.
Format: 22 cm. 2 parts in 1 volume. (30), 1100 (erroneously: 1098), (150), (12) pp. with docked frontispiece portrait, title red and black.
Binding: contemporary binding.
Reference: 32714 - Wegele 719.
Franckfurt am Mayn und Leipzig: in Verlegung Simon Beckenstein Buchhändler in Danzig, 1686; 4°
Christoph Hartknoch’s work The History of Church in Prussia describes the adoption and spread of Christianity as well as the Reformation in Prussia. The book also includes facts about the history, ethnography, language, and education of Prussians and the Lietuvininkai (Lithuanians from Eastern Prussia).
Reference: "The Collection of Lawyer Jaunius Gumbis: the Past Preserved in Books". Museum and Collector - 7. Vilnius: National Museum of Lithuania, 2018, p. 326.
Published: "The Collection of Lawyer Jaunius Gumbis: the Past Preserved in Books". Museum and Collector - 7. Vilnius: National Museum of Lithuania, 2018, p. 326-327.