Ienae (Jena), Ioannis Guilielmi Hartungii, 1754. 4to. In contemporary full calf with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light wear to extremities, boards with a few scratches. Internally nice and clean. (10), 32, (2), 552 pp.
The rare first edition of Rausch’s unfinished ‘Theologia Polemica’. Johann Peter Reusch (1691 – 1758), was the son of a pastor. He studied philosophy, mathematics, theology and oriental languages at the University of Giessen starting in 1709, continuing in Marburg and Halle. Reusch earned his master’s degree in Jena in 1717. He became Rector of the Council School in Jena in 1719 and a professor of logic and metaphysics in 1738. Later, in 1755, he joined the theological faculty earning a Doctor of Theology during the university's jubilee in 1758.