[Influential theological work] Hermanni Witsi, De oeconomia foederum Dei cum hominibus,

libri quatuor. Leeuwarden, J. Hagenaar, 1677, (16),700,(2) p., large folding, engraved portrait of the author (with tear), fine contemporary or slightly later binding in the style of Albertus Magnus, profusely gilt and marbled calf, ribbed back, all edges gilt, 4to.

Occ. foxing. Front board tender (upper hinge split), backstrip damaged. Finely bound copy deserving of restoration, with in pen on the first blank "Ex libris Joannis Fiddes". Hermannus Witsius (1636-1708), highly influential theologian. "While in his theology Witsius aimed at a reconciliation between the reigning orthodoxy and Covenant Theology (also known as federalism), he was first of all a Biblical theologian, his principal field being systematic theology. His chief work is entitled The Economy of the Covenants between God and Man (originally published in Latin: De oeconomia foederum Dei cum hominibus, Leeuwarden, 1677). He was induced to publish this work by his grief at the controversies between Voetians and Cocceians." (Wikipedia).