[Rarebooks] FS: A volume from the first edition of Luther's collected works. Wittenberg: 1554. In Orig. Tooled Pigskin.

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Luther, Martin. [COLLECTED WORKS] DER SIEBED (7) Teil der Bucher des Ehrnwirdigen Herrn Doctoris Mart. Lutheri... [Foreword by Philipp Melanchthen]. Wittenberg: Hans Lufft. 1554. Folio. ff.(8),628. Title printed in red & black with large woodcut illustration. Text with large & small woodcut initials. Orig. roll-tooled pigskin, each corner with 4 original brass corner pieces. Both fore-edge brass clasps present and functioning. Top of spine with a few minor chips and an old paper label at top of spine. Text with minor damp stains and minor foxing, but overall a lovely, very good copy. With "Der 7. Theil Lut." stamped on the front cover.    $1,250.00 (trade discount allowed)

This is Volume 7 of the first edition of the monumental "first collected works" of Martin Luther printed 1539-1558, in 19 volumes!  Individual volumes regularly are sold at auction and in the trade. VD16 ZV19819. Note: this copy with the 8th preliminary leaf, a blank, often missing.  NOTE:  There are 5 photos of this book on ABE.

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