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LUPOLD VON BEBENBERG, Bishop of Bamberg. Germanorum veterum pricipum zelus et fervor in Christianam religionem, Basel: Johann Bergmann de Olpe, 15 May 1497. Chancery 2° (279 x 203mm.). 28 leaves, 2-27 foliated II-XXVII in headline, types 1:10R (text, 4:220G (title, headings), 3:77R (marginalia), 41 lines and headline, 3- and 4-line initial spaces with printed guide letters, rubricated initials, some with reserved-white ornament, capital strokes, and underlining. (Inscription on title-page erased, final leaf repaired, waterstain in lower margins, last few leaves with wormholes, not affecting text). Modern calf-backed boards. (Joints lightly rubbed). Provenance: Dr. George Kloss (bookplate) (sale, Sotheby's London, 7 May 1835, lot 2649); Albert Ehrman, Broxbourne Library (bookplate); George Abrams (label).
Lupold's treatise was written ca. 1342 as a testimony of the contributions to Christianity made by the German princes. It was revived and put into print as part of the Rhenish humanist-patriotic programme of Sebastian Brant and his circle, for whom Johann Bergmann was chief publisher. Brant's commendatory verse includes a poem in praise of Lupold, and a dedicatory poem to the humanist Bishop of Worms, Johann von Dalberg. Jacob Wimpheling's dedication was to the bishop's cousin, Friedrich von Dalberg. BMC III 796; Goff L-399; Proctor 7777.
Lupold's treatise was written ca. 1342 as a testimony of the contributions to Christianity made by the German princes. It was revived and put into print as part of the Rhenish humanist-patriotic programme of Sebastian Brant and his circle, for whom Johann Bergmann was chief publisher. Brant's commendatory verse includes a poem in praise of Lupold, and a dedicatory poem to the humanist Bishop of Worms, Johann von Dalberg. Jacob Wimpheling's dedication was to the bishop's cousin, Friedrich von Dalberg. BMC III 796; Goff L-399; Proctor 7777.
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