Auction 363 Old & Rare Books - Religion
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LUTHER, M. Enchiridion Piarum Precationum cum Passionali, ut vocant, quibus accessit nouum Calendarium cum Cisio iano vetere & novo, atque alijs quibusdam, ut patet ex indice. Wittenberg, (J. Lufft), 1543. (368) lvs. Printed in red and black, titled printed within woodcut border incl. coats of arms of Luther and Melanchthon, full-p. woodcut of the phases of the moon and 50 woodcuts to the Passion. Sm-8°. Cont. blind tooled pigskin over wooden brds. w. brass clasps and catches, initials "C.G.O." and year "1546" on front cover. In custom made cf. box w. its interior base lined with velvet. (Annot. in an old hand on endpapers and in a few other places, some faint marg. stains, sl. browned, but an excellent copy in very good condition).

Rare edition of this devotional book in a beautiful contemporary blindtooled binding containing prayers, passion narratives and a calendar of Saints' days (Cisio Janus). - VD 16, L4124; Adams L1762; Der Wormsgau, Beiheft 28: Luther-Bibliothek 407. Only 2 copies in NCC.

€ 1200

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