Von der Freyhayt Aines Christenmenschen

by Martin Luther

$18,000 · Offered by Liber Antiquus

First edition · Signed

A RARE STRASBOURG EDITION printed in the year of the first edition. With a historiated woodcut title border with columns, garlands, wrestling cherubs, and grotesques. Bound in early 20th c. blind-embossed leather, signed “MK” with scrolling vines and Luther roses. A nice crisp copy with just a very faint dampstain to the title page. The border with early color. This is the original German-language version of the book, which preceded

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