D. Martinus Lutherus. Natus Islebiae die X Novemb. 1483 Denatus Ibidem die XVIII Febr. 1546.

[Luther, Martin]. Houston, R[ichard]. D. Martinus Lutherus. Natus Islebiae die X Novemb. 1483 Denatus Ibidem die XVIII Febr. 1546.

Cornhill, London, H. Parker & E. Bakenell, [1759].

Mezzotint engraving. Small folio (234 x 300 mm). 1 p.

€ 100.00

Attractive mezzotint portrait of the Reformer Martin Luther by the Irish-born engraver Richard Houston (ca. 1721-75), one of a series he created for Richard Rolt's "Lives of the Principal Reformers" (London, 1759).

Condition

Traces of old mounting along upper edge, but very well preserved in all.

References

Cf. DNB XXVII, 425.

Stock Code: BN#66387 Tags: ,

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