Confessio odder Bekantnus des Glaubens etlicher Fürsten vnd Stedte
Subtitle: Vberantwort Keiserlicher Maiestat: zu Augspurg. Anno M. D. XXX. Apologia der Confessio
Contributors: Melanchthon, Philip, 1497-1560
Publisher: [Gedruckt durch Georgen Rhaw]
Published: 1531
Place of publication: Wittemberg]
Language: ger
Other titles: Augsburg Confession. Confessio Fidei exhibita inuictiss. Imp. Carolo V.
Work titles: Augsburg Confession
Notes: Colophon: Gedruckt zu Wittemberg durch Georgen Rhaw. Anno. M.D. xxxj.

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[Part 1] signed by seven Protestant princes and the representatives of the imperial cities of Nuremberg and Reutlingen.

[Part 2] has half-title (within historiated border): Apologia der Confession aus dem Latin verdeudschet, durch Justum Jonam Wittemberg.

[Part 2] has preface by Philipp Melanchthon.

Excerpt (the German section only) from the Latin-German edition prepared by Melanchthon in 1530-31. The most common of several variants of the general t.-p. of this first authorized edition reads: Confessio Fidei exhibita inuictiss. Imp. Carolo V. Caesari Aug. in Comicijs Augustae, Anno M. D. XXX. Addita est Apologia Confessionis. Beide, Deudsch vnd Latinisch ... Witebergae. The Latin section has colophon: Impressum per Georgium Rhau. M.D. XXXI. For full discussion, cf. Richard, J.W. The Melanchthon editions of the Augsburg confession. (In: The Lutheran quarterly, n.s., v. 37, p. 481-507. Oct., 1907) anc Corpus reformationum. v. 26, col. 234-263. 1858.

Signatures: AA-CC[superscript 4], DD[superscript 2], JJ[superscript 4], A-D[superscript 4], J-T[superscript 4], a-z[superscript 4], Aa-Mm[superscript 4] (last leaf blank).