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Christo soteri veritatis vindici, Lucis evangelicae restitutori ... / H Tröschel Sculp: in Nüremberg.

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Hans Troschel
1585-1628

Christo soteri veritatis vindici, Lucis evangelicae restitutori ... / H Tröschel Sculp: in Nüremberg.

Published

Nuremberg : [publisher not identified], [1617]

engraving
sheet: 335 x 237 mm
Peel 0002
Notes
The second state(?), lacking the imprint statement of Paulus Fürst.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

A broadside honouring key reformers and the house of Saxony, commemorating the centenary of the Reformation; with an engraving depicting from left to right Frederick the Wise (the head after Dürer; Meder 102), Martin Luther, Philipp Melanchthon (the head after Dürer; Meder 104), and John George I, who is holding a bible with the initials HIG, standing around an altar, with the coat-of-arms of Saxony on the top, and those of Luther and Melanchthon at the altar, at the bottom the depiction of two medals; and with engraved text in German. See British Museum online catalog.

Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints