MÜNTZER, Thomas Ordnung und berechunge des Teutschen ampts zu Alstadt durch Tomam Müntzer/ seelwarters ym vorgangen Osteren auffgericht. 1523. 1524Eilenburg,N. Widemar,4to, mod. boards covered with a rubricated incunable leaf, [6] ff. (paper...
Estimation :
500 / 700
Adjudication :
2400 €
Description
age-toned). Very good copy.
Very rare early imprint from Eilenburg (near Leipzig, Saxony). In 1523 the protestant Leipzig printer Stöckel opened offices in Eilenburg and Grimma, to escape the restrive measures of George, Duke of Saxony (1471-1539) against Lutheran sympathies. The fierce Reformation theologian Thomas Müntzer (1489-1525) in 1523 became pastor in Allstedt (Saxony-Anhalt), where he married a former nun. "In December 1523, Müntzer produced the first completely German liturgy, the Order of German Church Service, for use in Allstedt. On 13 July 1524, he apparently delivered his "Sermon to the Princes", allegedly given to Duke John of Saxony and his advisors in Allstedt. Probably as a result of this event, combined with Luther's "Letter to the Princes" of early July 1524, which attacked Müntzer and Karlstadt, Müntzer and others from Allstedt were called to a hearing at Weimar before Duke John of Saxony on 31 July or 1 August. He decided that the printing press at Allstedt was to be shut down. Müntzer fled Allstedt soon after" (Wikipedia). He became a leader of the Peasants' War and was decapitated after their final defeat in 1525. Large woodcut arms on title. Cont. reader's marks.
Very rare early imprint from Eilenburg (near Leipzig, Saxony). In 1523 the protestant Leipzig printer Stöckel opened offices in Eilenburg and Grimma, to escape the restrive measures of George, Duke of Saxony (1471-1539) against Lutheran sympathies. The fierce Reformation theologian Thomas Müntzer (1489-1525) in 1523 became pastor in Allstedt (Saxony-Anhalt), where he married a former nun. "In December 1523, Müntzer produced the first completely German liturgy, the Order of German Church Service, for use in Allstedt. On 13 July 1524, he apparently delivered his "Sermon to the Princes", allegedly given to Duke John of Saxony and his advisors in Allstedt. Probably as a result of this event, combined with Luther's "Letter to the Princes" of early July 1524, which attacked Müntzer and Karlstadt, Müntzer and others from Allstedt were called to a hearing at Weimar before Duke John of Saxony on 31 July or 1 August. He decided that the printing press at Allstedt was to be shut down. Müntzer fled Allstedt soon after" (Wikipedia). He became a leader of the Peasants' War and was decapitated after their final defeat in 1525. Large woodcut arms on title. Cont. reader's marks.
