Melanchthon, Philipp 1497-1560 creator Luther, Martin 1483-1546 Johann Wilhelm Herzog zu Sachsen-Weimer 1530-1573 text gw Gedruckt zu Jhena Durch Donatum Richtzenhan anno 1571 1571 monographic ger lat

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[6], 340 [i.e. 335], [1] leaves (final leaf blank) : ill. (woodcuts) ; 29 cm. (fol.) kurtz, rundt vnd gründlich durch D. Martinum Lutherum sonderlich vnd andere dieser Lande Lerer zusamen gefasset ; wie dieselbige in vnser von Gottes Gnaden Johans Wilhelm Hertzogen zu Sachssen, Landgraffen in Thüringen vnd Marggraffen zu Meissen Fürstenthumen vnd Landen durch Gottes Gnade eintrechtig bekant vnd geleret wird. Includes texts of the Small and Large Catechisms by Luther, the Augsburg Confession, the Apologia by Melanchthon and the Schmalkald Articles among other titles. VD 16 attributes authorship to Philipp Melanchthon. Title page printed in red and black. Woodcut portraying Friedrich III, Elector of Saxony and Martin Luther on t.p. Numerous woodcuts in text. Leaves printed on both sides. Woodcut portrait on recto of 2nd prelim leaf of Johann Wilhelm, Herzog zu Sachsen-Weimer, dated 1571, by Master V.T. Cf. Strauss. Signatures: a⁶ A-3K⁶. "Bekentnis des Glaubens der Landtstende in Düringen"--Leaf 242 verso-285 recto. Errata: leaf 340 [i.e. 335] verso. DLC e-gx--- Lutheran Church Doctrines Early works to 1800 Lutheran Church Creeds Early works to 1800 Theology, Doctrinal Early works to 1800 Thuringia (Germany) Church history Germany Jena BX8064 .C6 VD 16 M 2901 Strauss, W.L. The German single leaf woodcut, 1550-1600, 1376 NUC pre-1956 NU 0712500 ca 09002823 DLC 820115 20260227111049.0 ca 09002823