Edmond, J. P. Catalogue of a Collection of Fifteen Hundred Tracts by Martin Luther and His Contemporaries, 1511-1598; (Burt Franklin: Bibliography and Reference Series, 79). New York: Burt Franklin, c. 1965. Limited Edition. [10809]
One of one hundred and fifty copies printed.
Maroon cloth with gilt spine title, 12 3/4 x 10 inches, a few light scuffs to the binding, xvi., 279 clean pp. Printed on high-quality rag-based paper. Very good. Hardcover.
Bibliotheca Lindesiana, Collations and Notes, No. 7.
An undated reprint of a work first published in 1903; the Introduction and annotations are in English.
"The deep and varied interest of what are called Luther or Reformation tracts has induced Lord Crawford to issue a detailed catalogue of his representative collection, apart from the general catalogue of printed books in the Bibliotheca Lindesiana. We find the whole history of the early German Reformation, religious, political and philological, reflected in this series of thin quarto and octavo volumes. Their typographical importance is great since they represent the first systematic use of the printing press for organised polemical purposes." - Preface.
