signed first edition Hardcover
1520 · [Strasbourg]
by Luther, Martin (1483-1546)
[Strasbourg]: [Johannes Prüß the younger], 1520. A RARE STRASBOURG EDITION printed in the year of the first edition. Hardcover. Fine. 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 Luther’s Latin edition (from which it differs in certain respects.) Luther’s short preface, addressed to Hermann Mühlpfort, does not appear in this edition. (truncated)