First edition. Volume 6 of series, Geschichte der Wissenschaften in Deutschland. Surveys the history of Catholic theology from the Council of Trent until the present. Begins with a discussion of German Catholicism in the age of confessional polemics in the seventeenth century. The second chapter examines the transformation of German Catholic theological scholarship in the Age of Enlightenment in the eighteenth century. The final chapter analyses the blending of science and theology in German Catholicism in the nineteenth century. All chapters include bibliography and discussion of individual theologists. Loose bookplate indicates that this copy was purchased from the collection of H.P. Kraus. Spine detached. Corners and edges rubbed. Paper label on spine. Foxing on a few pages.