Description
Against indulgences.- Bodenstein von Karlstadt (Andreas Rudolph) Von vormugen des Ablas: wider Bruder Franciscus Seyler Barfusser ordens, collation: A-B4, Gothic letter, title within charming woodcut historiated border By Lucas Cranach the Elder, depicting a printing press and an inebriated man, amongst other animal and human subjects, modern morocco, small 4to (199 x 145mm.), Wittenberg, Joannes Gronenberg, 1520.
⁂ A rare treatise arguing against the granting of indulgences. Karlstadt had seen wide-spread corruption within the Catholic church on a stay in Rome, and consequently in September 1516 he wrote a series of 151 theses that attacked indulgences. Along with Luther he was excommunicated in 1521.
Literature: Not in Adams.
Lot 14
Against indulgences.- Bodenstein von Karlstadt (Andreas Rudolph) Von vormugen des Ablas: wider Bruder Franciscus Seyler Barfusser ordens, Wittenberg, Joannes Gronenberg, 1520.
Hammer Price: £2,400
Description
Against indulgences.- Bodenstein von Karlstadt (Andreas Rudolph) Von vormugen des Ablas: wider Bruder Franciscus Seyler Barfusser ordens, collation: A-B4, Gothic letter, title within charming woodcut historiated border By Lucas Cranach the Elder, depicting a printing press and an inebriated man, amongst other animal and human subjects, modern morocco, small 4to (199 x 145mm.), Wittenberg, Joannes Gronenberg, 1520.
⁂ A rare treatise arguing against the granting of indulgences. Karlstadt had seen wide-spread corruption within the Catholic church on a stay in Rome, and consequently in September 1516 he wrote a series of 151 theses that attacked indulgences. Along with Luther he was excommunicated in 1521.
Literature: Not in Adams.
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