New York: Benziger Brothers, [1939]. Later Printing. 16mo. 4.625 x 7 in. 153 pp. Dark blue quarter-cloth over bright yellow illustrated paper. Translated by a Father of the Society of Jesus of the Province of Missouri; from the German edition prepared for the United States, with the approval and cooperation of the author, Alsatian Jesuit catechist Father Joseph Deharbe. Very good indeed. Boards lightly splayed.

First published in 1882 with a brief preface (dated 'St. Louis, Our Lady, Help of Christians, 1882') impressing the need for strong catechesis, 'especially in our day, when Faith is growing weak and cold, and false theories are daily gaining ground.' An uncommon & uncommonly handsome catechism, originally marketed to the large number of German-American Catholics clustered in the midwest.

Price: $60.00