- 51
Luther, Martin.
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
Log in to view results
bidding is closed
Description
- Opera omnia. Wittenburg: vol. 1: Zacharias Lehmann, 1582; vol. 2: Lorenz Schwenck, 1562; vol. 3: Zacharias Lehmann, 1583; vol. 4: Johannis Lufft, 1574; vol. 5: Johannis Lufft, 1554 (first edition); vol. 6: Matthaeus Welack, 1580; vol. 7: Thomas Klug, 1558
7 volumes, folio (305 x 190mm.), title-page of each volume with woodcut border depicting Luther and the Elector of Saxony adoring the Passion, the symbols of the four Evangelists and cherubim, woodcut historiated initials, later vellum, volumes 1, 3, 4 and 5 lacking final blank, many leaves in volume 3 browned, slight worming to most volumes, bindings worn and repaired
Provenance
Johannes Daniel Bonnet, ownership inscription in each volume dated 1671
Literature
Adams 1739; 1742; 1748; 1751; 1752 (first edition); 1757; 1759
Catalogue Note
First published on a rolling basis from 1545, with most volumes reprinted numerous times, this edition contains introductions by Philip Melanchthon, humanist scholar par excellence, "Praeceptor Germaniae", Luther's Greek tutor and close confidant.