‎PONTOPPIDAN, ERICH.‎
‎Heller Glaubens-Spiegel, in welchem die Kennzeichen der Kinder Gottes vorgestellet werden in dreyen Theilen.‎

‎Frankfurt & Leipzig, 1735 8vo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and gilt lettering to spine and ornamentation to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light wear to extremities, parts of gilting worn off. Internally nice and clean. (16), 311 pp.‎

Reference : 61843

‎The rare second edition of Pontoppidan's work on Christian faith and the characteristics that define a true believer. The present work was a great influence on Swedish Lutheran lay preacher Carl Olof Rosenius, impressing upon him the importance of conversion and having a living faith. Erik Ludvigsen Pontoppidan (1698 – 1764) was a Danish author, a Lutheran bishop of the Church of Norway, a historian and an antiquarian.‎