The Child's Book

Cloth embossed boards with gilt title, 12mo. 99pp followed by a section of hymns pp 53-71, (1) index. Profusely illustrated in b&w. Rev. Emanuel Greenwald, D.D. (1811-1885) was a prominent pastor who served in Lancaster, the largest English Lutheran parish in Pennsylvania, from 1867. He was a prolific author active publishing theological texts during the contentious years of the Lutheran Church, as well as several works for juvenile audiences. ('American Lutheran Biographies' 1890, p. 273-275)Near Fine with minor rubbing, front flyleaf creased. Overall fresh and clean. 2 copies in OCLC (Emory, United Lutheran Seminary).