Lot n° 409

Deutung der grewlichen Figurn Bapstesels, zu Rom funden. - Deutung des Münchkalbs zu Freiberg. 

Estimation : 100 / 200
Adjudication : 600 €
Description
Illustrations of an influential pamphlet "Deuttung der zwo grewlichen || Figuren Bapstesels zu Rom vnd Munchkalbs || zu Freyberg jn Meyssen funden" written by Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon in which they present monsters as criticism on monastic institutions and their papal overlords. The pamphlet combines 2 monsters: the creatures they called the Papal Ass and the Monk Calf. 
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