[Rarebooks] FIRST EDITION OF HIS LAST SERMONS

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Luther, Martin.  

VIER PREDIGTEN DES EHRWIRDIGENHERRN MARTINI LUTHERS......Wittenberg: Hans Lufft. 1546.  First edition.  4to.  ff(72) with the final leaf of colophon.Title within a fine woodcut border by Lucas Cranach.  Text with 10 large woodcut initials.  20th. century plain grey boards.  A very nice clean copy.
$2000
Luther's last four sermons, published the year of his death, 1546.  In addition to Biblical commentary it contains "Eine Vermanung Wider die Juden", Luther's warning to the Jews of the harshest persecution if they did not convert to Christianity.  Quite a scarce work, no other copy is currently for sale on-line; the last auction record in Rare Book Hub is 2004.  Benzing 3534.  VD 16 L6963. 


Kenneth KarmioleP.O. Box 464, Santa Monica, CA 90406310-266-1910.  kkarmiole at yahoo.com