Erdmann (F. Förner Pseud.), Christian Relatio... Lot n° 900

Erdmann (F. Förner Pseud.), Christian Relatio Historico-Paraenetica, De Sacrosanctis, Sacri Romanii Jmperii, Reliqviis, Et Ornamentis, quibus Romanorum Caesares, inaugurari, coronari ... In Jmperiali Thesauro collectis, Ac Norimbergae Asservatis. With some ornamental borders and figural printer's mark in woodcut on the final leaf. o.O.. (Nuremberg?) u. Dr., 1629. cl.-4°. 2 blle., 76 p., 1 fol. Bindery of the time with gilt spine (2 older labels, cover somewhat bumped and browned). " VD 17, 23:235105M. - Kirchweger, Die Heilige Lanze in Wien p. 96 (& note 208) u. p. 219. - Not in Cicognara. - Only edition, printed in two variants: as present with printer's mark at the end, resp. with ornamental vignette and deviating bar. - Detailed description of the imperial regalia kept in Nuremberg at that time, their origin, meaning and history. With numerous references to older literature, including a now lost German-language treatise printed by Johann Mayer in Nuremberg in 1494 (p. 39). Kirchweger was unable to consult a copy of the ''important but rare writing'' in this ''context'' (see p. 108, note 208). - Förner (1570-1630) was ""the soul of the Counter-Reformation in the high diocese of Bamberg ... He was able to work uninhibitedly against the Reformation only after the death of the mild Prince-Bishop Johann Philipp von Gebsattel (1599-1609) and the deposition of the Protestant-minded Suffragan Bishop Johann Schöner (1610). Under the prince-bishop Johann Gottfried von Aschhausen (1609-22) F. became vicar general in 1610 and suffragan bishop in 1612. ... But he did not succeed in winning Nuremberg back to the Catholic Church"" (BBKL). Under Prince-Bishop Johann Georg II. Fuchs Freiherr von Dornheim (1622-1633) he was the driving force in witch hunts and responsible for innumerable executions. - Pages very slightly wavy and very occasional light browning."