Lot 223
![Henry VIII, King of England - [Martin Luther]](https://media.app.artisio.co/media/104cbde6-0d38-43cb-9e0f-bb721ef57bcf/inventory/c0fdd661-1961-4576-987f-af3b4d66127e/d7a9a6f7-421d-46d6-943c-5ec3a74ac1c7/0001_UEEhIs_original.jpg)
Henry VIII, King of England - [Martin Luther]
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 14 February 2018 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Assertio septem sacramentorum. Litterarum quibus respondit ad quandam epistolam Martini Lutheri ad se missam exemplum. Lyon, apud Guillaume Rouillé, 1561. 4to (220 x 154mm.), bb1-nn4, aa1-B2, title within architectural woodcut border, 4pp. scholarly notes by William Graham (1855-1922) on 2 additional leaves bound in at beginning, woodcut initials and ornaments, ? later vellum, with title in English and imprint lettered on upper cover, ties, new endpapers, [USTC 153046]
Footnote
Provenance: William Graham, JP, FRSAS (1855-1922), Banker, Author of "The One Pound Note", Antiquary & Book Collector; Family books relating to the Andersons and Grahams of Edinburgh
Note: King Henry VIII's text (for which he received the title 'Fidei defensor', 'Defender of the Faith') here has a lengthy and virulently anti-Reformation preface by Gabriel de Saconay (1527-80), preceptor of the cathedral in Lyons. Originally printed in London in 1521, editions quickly followed at Rome (1521), London (1522), Antwerp (1522), Mainz (1522), Cologne (1523), Paris (1523), Rome (1543), and Lyon (1561).