Abraham à Sancta Clara. Rhyme, or I will eat thee, This is: Allerley Matters, Discurs, Concept, and preaching, which have been printed bithero in undersidious tracts; Now rubbed together in a Werck, and spaced together. 18 (instead of 19) parts in 1 volume. Title in red and black. With stung frontispiece and woodcut printer brand. 19.5 x 15.5 cm. Parchment d.c. (without closing bands) with hs. Title. Salzburg, Melchior Haan, 1684. Thinhead I, 20.1. Bertsche 20a, 1. Faber du Faur 1107 – First edition of the collection of Abraham's early prose works. The 16 small manuscripts all with their own title page (but here without the title page to the first font) are included, among others, Mercks Wienn, Lösch Wienn , Grosse Todten-Brotherschaft, Auff, auff Ihr Christen, Soldaten-Glory etc. Abraham à Sancta Clara (1644-1709) "like all the great Baroque writers, mastered the art of fables with all registers. Here his amazing knowledge and his rich and profound knowledge of the needs and concerns of the great as well as the small man came to him very much benefit" (NDB). – The cover page for the first volume Sermon exordia and one of the three mourning poems in the appendix are missing. Only small spotty, overall well preserved specimen.