Enchiridion. Der kleine Catechismus für die gemeine Pfarherr und Prediger.

Leipzig, Heirs of V. Baptist, 1561

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Lot description

8vo: [88] ff. (some minor soiling).

Contemp. blind-stamped pigskin, panel stamps on covers, spine with 5 raised bands, yellow edges (flyleaves gone). Very good copy.

Extremely rare Leipzig repr. of Luther’s Kleine Catechismus (1st Wittenberg 1529). Printed within ornamental woodcut border. 28 large woodcuts.
Ref. VD16 L-5093 (Dresden copy only). - Luther WA 30,1: 733.
Prov. "V S H Z 1570" (stamped on front cover).
Bound with, same author, imprint, format: Das schöne Confitemini. Psalm cxviij. 1562. [116] ff. Commentary on Psalm 118, first publ. Wittenberg 1530. With a preface by Caspar Creutziger. Printed within ornamental woodcut border. Full-page woodcut (David praying) on f. [11]r. Ref. VD16 L-5825 (2 copies).