Martin Luther, 1520.

Martin Luther:

Eyn Sendbrieff an den Bapst Leo. den czehenden.

Wittembergk, Johann Rhau-Grunenberg, 1520. 4to. [8] leaves incl. final blank.

Somewhat later paper backstrip, neat old marginal annotations in brown ink, light finger-soiling, very faint damp-stain in outer margin, final (blank) page lightly soiled.

First edition. VD16 L 4637. USTC 656446. - - - At the instigation of von Miltitz, who was trying to avoid excommunication against Luther, Luther published this treatise in which he emphasizes that he had always said only the "most honest and best" things about the Pope.

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