[MARNIX VAN SINT ALDEGONDE, Philips van].
Binenkorb dess Heyl. Römischen Imenschwarms, seiner Hummelszellen (oder Himmelszellen) Hurnausnäster,Brämen- geschwürm und Wäspengestöss. Sampt Läuterung der H. Römischen Kirchen Honigwaben; Einweihung und Beräuchung oder Segfeurung der Imenstöck: und Erlesung der Bussenblumen, des heydnischen Klosterhysops, der Suiter Säudisteln, der saurbonischen Säubonen, dess Magisnostrischen Liripipesenchets, und dess Imenplatts der Plakimen: auch dess Messthaues und H Saffts von Wunderbäumen, &c. Alles nach dem rechten Himelstau oder Manna justirt, und mit Mentzerkletten durchzirt.
Christlingen [= Strassbourg], Ursino Gottgewin [= Bernard Jobin], 1580. Small 8vo. The title-page, with the woodcut illustration of a beehive, is printed in red and black, the same woodcut repeated in the text, and a devotional woodcut by T. Stimmer in the text. 19th century half vellum. 246, [18] ll.
€ 3,000
Rare German edition of the most famous satire produced by the Reformation against the Roman Catholic Church, written with great spirit and passion by the famous Philips Marnix van Sint Aldegonde (1538-1598), the soul and genius of the Dutch Reformation and rebellion against Spain. First published in Dutch in 1569 the work became immensely popular, was translated into German (1576) and English (1578), and was continuously re-published until far into the 19th century.
Written for the people and combining all the criticism and frustrations felt in the sixteenth century against the Catholic Church of Rome, it surpassed by its satirical form, full of amusing wit as well as of biting scorn, anything ever written on this topic. The present second German edition has been corrected and enlarged with the newly translated index.
The binding is somewhat rubbed, with some loss of material at the foot of the spine. The title-page is somewhat soiled, the work is somewhat browned and foxed throughout. Otherwise in good condition. Goedeke II, 499, 37b; Ritter 855; STC German, p. 722; USTC 708980 (3 copies); VD16 M 1047; not in Adams.
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