Authentic sixteenth-century order woodcuts from Martin Luther's HAUSSPOSTIL published in Nuremberg in 1550

Authentic sixteenth-century woodcuts by Hans Brosamer (?-1554?) from Martin Luther's HAUSSPOSTILLE 1483-1546 reformist monk published in Nuremberg in 1550.

A Protestant bestseller, Martin Luther's Hauspostille, printed several times in Nuremberg by Johann vom Berg and Ulrich Neuber, the study examines the sources, location, and function of anticlerical motifs in Protestant literature.

Among the order many books published by Johann vom Berg and Ulrich Neuber in Lutheran Nuremberg in the mid-sixteenth century, there are woodcuts, interesting from the iconographic and artistic point of view.

Engravings glued on drawing paper work of the nineteenth century

Page size: 45 cm by 31 cm
Size of the engravings: 8.5 cm by 6 cm

Includes photocopy of the cover page of the book