Die weysse der Messz, : vnnd geniesung des Hochwirdigen Sacraments, für die Christliche Gemayn verteütscht
Summary: Luther wrote his "Formula of the Mass and Communion" in 1523 at the insistence of N. Hausmann, the preacher at the Marienkirche, in Zwickau. Hausmann then wanted a German version to be used in his church. P. Speratus supplied one, and an unnamed Nuremberg translator supplied another. This is that Nuremberg work's first printing.Signatures: A-B4, C2, D4, E3; [A] unsigned.Imprint: Printing information from Benzing.Illustrative and Decorative Content: Title within engraved, historiated, woodcut border (putti); initials. Title border hand-colored in this copy.Additional Details: Translation by an unnamed Nuremberg translator of Luther's Latin work: "Formula missae et communionis." "weysse" in the title is printed "rveysse". This volume was formerly in the Beck Lutherana collection, #397 and in the W.H. Stifel collection, #215/406. There are manuscript bibliographical notes on the upper cover. The title border is hand-colored.
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