Die Augspurgische Confession, aus dem Rechten... Lot n° 23

Confessio Augustana The Augspurg Confession, from the true original, which Keyser Carolo the V. delivered at the Imperial Diet of Augspurg in 1530. The Small Catechism ... From the decree of ... Johansen Georgen, Margrave of Brandenburg ... Before the churches in his Churfürstl. G. Landen ... printed. With 9 (partially reversed) woodcuts of portraits and coats of arms by Peter Hille after F. Friderich and some notes. Frankfurt/O., Eichhorn, 1572. 5 nn. Leaf, 203 (recte 202) num. pp., 2 nn. 4°. Late blind-printed cloth in the style of the period (slightly rubbed, back cover with small scrape). VD16 C 4778 - Very rare edition of the main work of Brandenburg church history, edited after the Mainz document, which led to the final Reformation in Brandenburg. - The woodcuts show the Brandenburg coat of arms, Elector Joachim II kneeling before the crucifix and Elector Johann Georg von Brandenburg. - Front fly-leaf endpapers and additionally bound-in leaves with mostly German (partly faded) various handwritten texts. Texts in an old hand, including Christian questions by Luther, prayers for confession, Easter, Ascension and others, Psalm 115 ("Non nobis do(mi)ne non nobis ...") and Psalm 118 ("Confitemini do(mi)no ...") as well as many annotations and some annotations in the text. - Endpapers renewed (front flyleaf endpaper additionally preserved), at the end some leaves with backings (partly loss of text), occasional wormholes, partly dampstained, otherwise generally well-preserved and decorative copy. With 9 (partly repeated) portrait and coat of arms woodcuts by Peter Hille after F. Friderich as well as some notes. Later blind tooled leather in contemp. style (minorrubbing, back board with small chafing). - Very rare edition, edited after the Mainz document, of the main work of Brandenburg church history, which led to the final Reformation in Brandenburg. - The woodcuts show the Brandenburg coat of arms, Elector Joachim II kneeling before the crucifix and Elector Johann Georg of Brandenburg. - Front flyleaf and additionally bound in leaves with mostly German (partly faded) handwritten texts in old hands, including Christian questions by Luther, prayers for confession, Easter, Ascension and others, Psalm 115 ("Non nobis do(mi)ne non nobis ...") and Psalm 118 ("Confitemini do(mi)no ...") as well as many annotations and some underlinings in the text. - Endpapers renewed (front flyleaf endpaper additionally preserved), at the end some leaves with backings (partly loss of text), occ. wormholes, partly dampstained, otherwise generally well preserved and decorative copy.