First edition of the complete theological writings of Johann Ludwig von Wolzogen (1599-1661), the Austrian-born baron and one of the most distinguished intellectual figures of early Socinianism. Although often encountered as volumes 9 and 10 of the great clandestine series Bibliotheca fratrum polonorum, this publication also circulated as an independent work.
Like the Bibliotheca fratrum Polonorum, the work bears a false imprint and date in order to evade censorship. In reality it was produced in Amsterdam in the later 1660s, most likely by the Socinian printer Frans Kuyper (1629-1691), possibly in collaboration with Daniel Bakkamude (active 1661-1685) and by J.H. Boom (or his widow), whose device and monogram appear on one of the title pages. Kuyper, a former Remonstrant minister turned bookseller and publisher, was one of the principal figures responsible for the clandestine dissemination of Socinian literature in the Dutch Republic between 1663 and 1673.
With a black library stamp of the Remonstrant Congregation of Rotterdam ("Remonstr.- geref.- gemeente Rotterdam") on the title page of the first tract. Founded in 1632, this congregation assembled an important working library from its earliest years. The spine is mislabelled "Sligtingii Tome VI" (the error likely arising from confusion within the series Bibliotheca fratrum Polonorum), insect droppings around the edges of both boards. Internally very clean, with only minor occasional staining, the pastedowns with ragged edges from insect activity, lacking the author's portrait and the general title to the second volume. Otherwise in very good condition. Bock II pp. 1030-1039; Knijf & Visser no. 2010, p.66; STCN 273375490 (vol. 1) and 273820702 (vol. 2); USTC 1804691 (vol. 1) and 1804688 (vol. 2); cf. Gut, "Ludwig von Wolzogen and his Objections to Meditationes de prima philosophia" Ruch Filozoficzny, 79 (3) (2023), pp. 81-106.