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[ 24 ] WERENFELS, Samuel (1657-1740). Opuscula theologica, philosophica et philologica. Basel,
Johann Konrad von Mechel for Johann Ludwig Koenig, 1718. 4to. (22) 912 [= 914] (13) pp.
Contemporary blind-stamped calf. 450,-
First enlarged edition of Werenfels’ collected theological, philosophical, and philological writings. Werenfels was
a moderate but orthodox Swiss reformed theologian who held several chairs at the University of Basel, including
ones in Greek, rhetoric, dogmatics, and the Old and New Testament. Together with Jean-Alphonse Turrettini (1671-
1737) and Jean-Frédéric Osterwald (1663-1747), with whom he formed the so-called Helvetic or Swiss triumvirate,
he strove for a more enlightened orthodoxy and a union of the divided Protestant churches. The first collection
of Werenfels’ writings appeared in 1709 in Basel under the title Dissertationum theologicarum sylloge, followed by an
edition published in 1716 inAmsterdam. Further editions of the enlarged edition above appeared in Lausanne (1739),
Leiden (1772), and once again in Basel (1782). - Joints expertly restored and some wormholes in inner lower margin
(not affecting the text).