Eyn brieff an die Christen Zu Straspurg widder den schwerm er geyst
By: Martini Luther
Contributors: Cranach, Lucas, 1472-1553, illustrator, printer; Döring, Christian, -1533, printer
Publisher: [Lucas Cranach und Christian Döring]
Published: 1524
Place of publication: Wittemberg [i.e., Wittenberg]
Language: ger
Number of pages: 11
Subjects: Lutheran Church; Controversial literature; Reformation; Enthusiasm; Christianity; Church history
Notes: Title within illustrated border, probably designed by Lucas Cranach, including Luther's seal.

Open letter "To the Christians of Strasbourg", warning them against the views of Luther's former Wittenberg colleague, Karlstadt. Karlstadt began as an ally of Luther, but moved in a different direction, deemphasizing infant baptism, and espousing the removal of images from the churches.

Signatures: A⁶ (A6b blank)

Variant of printing with leaf A3b, line 17: vngest,m, and: leaf A4a, line 33f.: be- (weysete) weysete (according to Weimar Ausg. variant Aa, and all others listed in Weimar Ausg. according to variant Ax.

Goetze, Die Hichdeutschen Drucker, p. 101, no. 32, lists Cranach as printer designer.

Weimar Edition of Luther's Works, V.15, p. 280-290, dates the letter as 1524.

Benzing, J. Lutherbibliographie, 1965

Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des 16. Jahrhunderts (VD 16), L 4151

Knaake, "Über Cranach Presse," in Zentralbl. f. Bibl. wessen. 7 p. 193, no. 32

Kuczynski no.1648

Gatch, M. Library of Leander van Ess, D141

Luther's Werke (Weimar Ausgb.) v. 15, p. 385 A

BM STC German, 1455-1600, p. 545