MUSAEUS, Raphael (pseud ?) Murnarus Leuiathan, vulgo dictus, Geltnar/ oder Gensz Prediger (...) Raphaelis Musaei in gratiam Martini Lutheri, & Hutteni (...) ad osores Epistola. 1521Strasburg,J. Schott,4to, mod. boards covered with incunable leaf,...
Estimation :
600 / 800
Adjudication :
3800 €
Description
[16] ff. (somewhat short at top, paper age-toned, def. at top margin of C4 with loss of 2 letters of running title, tiny hole in blank part of title). Good copy.
Satirical dialogue in defense of Luther and Hutten against Thomas Murner (1475-1537), who is described and depicted as a drake/monster in monk’s dress. "Raphael Musaeus" could be a pseudonym of the Strasburg humanist lawyer Nikolaus Gerbel (1485-1560). 7 satirical woodcuts in text (1 correction woodcut pasted on C4v, by the printer?). Author’s (?) presentation inscription to the Wittenberg lawyer, theologian and "Kantor" Ulrich von Denstedt (1460-1525) and ownership entry on title.
Satirical dialogue in defense of Luther and Hutten against Thomas Murner (1475-1537), who is described and depicted as a drake/monster in monk’s dress. "Raphael Musaeus" could be a pseudonym of the Strasburg humanist lawyer Nikolaus Gerbel (1485-1560). 7 satirical woodcuts in text (1 correction woodcut pasted on C4v, by the printer?). Author’s (?) presentation inscription to the Wittenberg lawyer, theologian and "Kantor" Ulrich von Denstedt (1460-1525) and ownership entry on title.
