[Rarebooks] FS: Major's 1544 study of the church fathers w/preface by Martin Luther

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Major, Georg. VITAE PATRUM, in Usum Ministrorum Verbi, Quo ad eius Fieri Potiut Repurgatas. Cum Praefatione D. Doctoris Martini Lutheri. Wittenberg: (per Petrum Seitz). 1544. First edition. 8vo. ff.(8),323(i.e., 317),(21). Index. Title within an ornamental woodcut border. Orig. tooled pigskin, somewhat soiled. Brass fore-edge pieces lacking. Final leaf of text with a small blank piece torn away at top inner margin.    $1,250.00 (trade discount allowed)
Major's (1502-1574) study on the fathers of the church. He was a significant figure in the Reformation, a minister and professor, who was ordained by Luther in 1529. Benzing 3455; Adams M225; VD 16 M-2205. BM German STC p. 606 (under "Meier").

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