Accession number:
PML 49060
Published:
[Hagenau] : [Thomas Anshelm], 1521
Description:
4 leaves.
Credit:
Gift of Lathrop C. Harper, Inc., 1958.
Notes:
First ed.
Luther's letter is dated 28 April from Friedberg.
The original manuscript letter was purchased by Pierpont Morgan in 1911 and given to Kaiser Wilhelm II as a gift to the German people. It is now at the Lutherhaus (Luther-Halle) in Wittenberg. Morgan received the Order of the Red Eagle for his gift (ARC 1157.042).
Binding:
1/2 maroon leather.
Variant Title:
Epistola ad Carolum V.
Provenance:
Erasmus Schutz, contemporary signature (leaf a1r); Maxwell Stirling; Pierpont Morgan Library, gift of Lathrop C. Harper, Inc., 1958.
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