Beautiful quotes from the Holy Scriptures - Lot 121

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Beautiful quotes from the Holy Scriptures - Lot 121
Beautiful quotes from the Holy Scriptures Vieler schönen Sprüche aus Göttlicher Schrifft auslegung daraus Lere und Trost zu nemen Welche der ehurwirdige Herr Doctor Martinus Luther seliger vielen in ire Biblien geschrieben (Many beautiful quotations from the Holy Scriptures, interpreted to offer instruction and comfort, which the venerable Lord Doctor Martin Luther, of blessed memory, wrote in many Bibles). In-8° (18.6 x 14.8 cm), Wittemberg, 1558. Title page with medallion portrait of Luther. Five handwritten leaves (one flyleaf and one pastedown page at the front, three flyleaves at the back), with carefully written additions occupying almost the entire space of the leaves, in fine German vernacular script, titles in ornamental capitals. These handwritten leaves contain elements of preaching, including a long list of appeals to Christ and a lengthy prayer against the plague. Bearing the date 1577. Bound in stamped brown leather (on beveled wooden boards) with depictions of the Holy Trinity and the Crucifixion, framed by foliage, architectural frames. Metal clasps present (but loose), leather cracked to binding in places, missing edges of boards, otherwise good condition, edges spotted with color.
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