LUTHER MARTIN Parvus Catechismus Pro pueris in Schola nuper

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LUTHER, MARTIN. Parvus Catechismus. Pro pueris in Schola nuper auctus. Latin translation by Johannes Sauermann. 25 woodcuts of biblical scenes by Hans Brosamer, including title vignette. [36] leaves. 8vo, 144x94 mm, 18th-century mottled calf, recased, endpapers renewed; occasional light marginal soiling or foxing, stamp washed out of rear free endpaper. Frankfurt am Main: Weigand Han, [circa 1555-62]

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apparently unrecorded latin edition of Luther's Small Catechism summarizing the tenets of Christian faith for children. The original German text was first published in broadside and book form in 1529; Sauermann's Latin version first appeared the same year. This edition not in VD16, OCLC, or the bibliographies of the Han press by E. H. G. Klöss and Imke Schmidt.

bound with: MOSELLANUS, PETRUS [i. e., SCHADE, PETER]. Paedologia . . . in puerorum usum conscripta, aucta, & pluribus locis à mendis repurgata. Dialogi XXVII [with CHRISTOPH HEGENDORF, Dialogi pueriles]. [40] leaves. Leipzig: Laurentius Faber, 1559. Contents toned with occasional light soiling. Scarce edition of a frequently reprinted 1518 collection of Latin dialogues for children. OCLC locates only the Leipzig University copy; this edition not in VD16.