Antiqua Literarum Monumenta – Hermann von der Hardt

Antiqua Literarum Monumenta. By Hermann von der Hardt. Brunswick: Zilliger, 1690.

Full Title: Antiqua Literarum Monumenta, Autographa Lutheri Aliorumque Celebrium Virorum, ab A. 1517. usq[ue] ad A. 1546. Reformationis Aetatem Et Historiam Egregie Illustrantia, In Serenissimi Principis ac Domini, Domini Rudolphi Augusti, Brunsvicensium Ac Luneburgensium Ducis Bibliotheca Manuali Brunsvigæ Recondita.

In Latin language. Published by Ex Officina Zilligeriana [Zilliger], Brunsuigae [Brunswick], in 1690. First Edition. Complete. Size 6 ½ x 4 in. Tight and secure, fine vellum binding. In very good overall condition.

This work is a chronology and bibliography of Protestant Reformation Martin Luther (1483 – 1546). He was a German friar, priest, professor of theology, and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation. Initially an Augustinian friar, Luther came to reject several teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. He strongly disputed the claim that freedom from God’s punishment for sin could be purchased with money. He confronted indulgence salesman Johann Tetzel, a Dominican friar, with his “Ninety-Five Theses” in 1517.

Hermann von der Hardt was a German historian and orientalist. He was born at Melle, in Westphalia. He studied oriental languages at the universities of Jena and Leipzig, and in 1690 he was called to the chair of oriental languages at Helmstedt. He resigned his position in 1727, but lived at Helmstedt until his death.