Eyn brieff an die Christen Zu Straspurg widder den schwerm er geyst /

Eyn brieff an die Christen Zu Straspurg widder den schwerm er geyst /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
Other Authors: Cranach, Lucas, 1472-1553 (Illustrator, Printer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ill, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prt), Döring, Christian, -1533 (Printer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prt)
Format: Book
Language:German
Published: Wittemberg [i.e., Wittenberg] : [Lucas Cranach und Christian Döring], [1524]
Subjects:
Enthusiasm > Religious aspects > Christianity
Lutheran Church > Controversial literature
Reformation > France > Strasbourg
Reformation > Germany
Strasbourg (France) > Church history > 16th century
Description
Item Description:Goetze, Die Hichdeutschen Drucker, p. 101, no. 32, lists Cranach as printer designer
Open letter "To the Christians of Strasbourg", warning them against the views of Luther's former Wittenberg colleague, Karlstadt. Karlstadt began as an ally of Luther, but moved in a different direction, deemphasizing infant baptism, and espousing the removal of images from the churches
Signatures: A⁶ (A6b blank)
Title within illustrated border, probably designed by Lucas Cranach, including Luther's seal
Variant of printing with leaf A3b, line 17: vngest,m, and: leaf A4a, line 33f.: be- (weysete) weysete (according to Weimar Ausg. variant Aa, and all others listed in Weimar Ausg. according to variant Ax
Weimar Edition of Luther's Works, V.15, p. 280-290, dates the letter as 1524
Physical Description:[11] p. ; 19 cm (4to)
Place of Publication:Germany -- Saxony-Anhalt -- Wittenberg

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