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The Landmark Map
Fourth plate of series of 7 images
The Landmark Map
Third plate of series of 7 images
The Landmark Map
Second plate of series of 7 images
The Landmark Map
First plate of series of 7 images
Letter from Harry Miller Lydenberg to the Secretary of State
Letter from Harry Miller Lydenberg, then director of the New York Public Library, to the Secretary of State asking the Secretary to add Simon Lissim and his wife to the list of intellectuals with special visas to enter the United States during World…
Eyn Sendebrieff von dem harten buchlin widder die bawren / Martinus Luther. Wittemberg. M.D.XXV; Title page recto
In this work, published after his controversial Against the Murderous, Thieving Hordes of Peasants and after the peak of the uprisings, Luther does not retract his attacks levelled there, which many of his allies and supporters had decried, though he…
Eyn brieff an die Fürsten zu Sachsen von dem auffrurischen geyst / Martinus Luther. ; Wittemberg. 1524; Title page recto
Thomas Müntzer was among the "radicals" initially sympathetic to some of Luther’s teachings, but he and Luther became bitter opponents. Müntzer remained an important figure and his image appeared on the 5 Mark bill of the German Democratic Republic.…
Dr. Martin Luther: Wider die Jüden, vierhundert Jahre deutschen Ringens gegen jüdische Fremdherrschaft, von E.V. von Rudolf [pseud.]; Title page recto
On the Jews and Their Lies became a core text for subsequent anti-semitism. Excerpts from this work and from his Of the Unknowable Name and the Generations of Christ were reprinted in the Nazi era and were used at Nazi rallies. One historian has…
Vier Predigten des Ehrwirdigen herrn D. Martini Luthers, zu Eisleben vor seinem abschied aus diesem leben gethan; Title page recto
Contains Luther’s "warning to the Jews" of harshest persecution if they did not convert to Christianity.
