Mennonite Life, 2215 Millstream Road, Lancaster, curates rare and historically significant books and offers them for sale at three annual auctions. The next Rare and Used Book Auction will take place in the Mennonite Life Community Room on Friday, Nov. 14, at 6:30 p.m.

The full auction catalog is available for download at http://www.mennonitelife.org/events. Notable lots in this auction include a very rare illustrated 1769 paraphrase of the "Martyrs Mirror," printed in the Netherlands; a 1745 German edition of "Golden Apples in Silver Bowls," published at the Ephrata Cloister; a Bible published by Christopher Saur in Germantown in 1763; and a rare "Unpartheyisches Gesang-Buch," featuring a crafted bookplate mentioning Elisabeth Reist, written by Joseph Gingrich in 1850.

The auction will also feature the rare book "The History & Life of the Reidenbach Mennonites"; a 1736 edition of "Hoffnung besserer Zeiten Kleiner Abend-Schein"; an 1814 "Martyrs Mirror"; multiple volumes of "Mennonite Quarterly Review"; and an 1853 map of the Township of East Hempfield, Lancaster County, mounted on wooden poles.

Bids may be submitted online and by mail until Thursday, Nov. 13. Auction books are on display in the Mennonite Life Community Room.

Mennonite Life's vision is diverse communities connecting across boundaries by knowing and valuing their own and each other's stories of life, faith, cultures, and histories.