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TAULER, Johannes (c.1300-1361). Sermonen, in German. – Rulmann MERSWIN (1307-82). Historia, in German. Leipzig: Conrad Kachelofen, 17 March 1498.
First edition of both texts, and including four sermons by Meister Eckhart (c.1260-1327), the first works by Eckhart in print. Tauler was ‘considered the most gifted preacher of the German mystics’ (Ford, BPH, 180) and known as a ‘reformer before the Reformation’; his sermons are his sole surviving writings. HC *15346; GW M45246; BMC III 628; BSB-Ink T-62; ISTC it00048000; Goff T-48.
Chancery quarto (214 x 150mm). 290 leaves, rubricated (two small repairs to title). Contemporary blindstamped pigskin, metal clasp. Provenance: inscription erased on title – stamp removed from second leaf – [Theodor Heuss (1884-1963, first President of the Federal Republic of Germany; information supplied by subsequent owner)].
First edition of both texts, and including four sermons by Meister Eckhart (c.1260-1327), the first works by Eckhart in print. Tauler was ‘considered the most gifted preacher of the German mystics’ (Ford, BPH, 180) and known as a ‘reformer before the Reformation’; his sermons are his sole surviving writings. HC *15346; GW M45246; BMC III 628; BSB-Ink T-62; ISTC it00048000; Goff T-48.
Chancery quarto (214 x 150mm). 290 leaves, rubricated (two small repairs to title). Contemporary blindstamped pigskin, metal clasp. Provenance: inscription erased on title – stamp removed from second leaf – [Theodor Heuss (1884-1963, first President of the Federal Republic of Germany; information supplied by subsequent owner)].
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