Tägliche Andachtsuebungen zum Gebrauch des Herrn Johannes Bernardus Augustus von Euerlange-Witrij chur Baijerischen Kammerherrn und obristlieutenant von ihm selbst geschrieben wahrenden seiner emigration in troppau in schelingen anno 1797 und 1798.

German manuscript on paper, c. 21 x 16 cm. 8vo: [2 bl.-1-1 bl.]-500-[2 bl.] pp. (some toning), written in red and black ink within red ruled border.

Contemp. gilt sheep, gilt ornamental border on covers, gilt spine with 5 raised bands, a.e.g., decorative endpapers (rubbed). In very good condition.

Extensive personal collection of devotional texts, compiled by a member of a Luxembourg family of Bohemian descent: “Jean-Bernard-Auguste d’Everlange de Witry (1749-1813), colonel au service de l’Électeur Palatin, chambellan de S.M. Maximilien Ier, roi de Bavière” (Wikipedia). It was written during a stay in Troppau (Austrian Silesia), the region from which his ancestors had emigrated to Luxembourg in the 14th c.