SCHROT, Martin (d. c.1576) Von der Erschrocklichen Zurstörung unnd Niderlag des gantzen Bapstumbs. [Augsburg: David de Negker, 1558]. First edition of a controversial illustrated work on ‘The Terrible Destruction and Decline of the Entire Papacy’. Martin Schrot was a goldsmith and engraver who, in 1552, left the city of Augsburg in order to escape imminent imprisonment for his radical Protestant poems. Soon after publication of the present work in 1558, however, both the illustrator and printer David de Negker were imprisoned. ‘Before the magistrates, [De Negker] made no attempt to excuse his crime. He had made a calculated financial decision, and his confession made clear he was unwilling to risk his investment by seeking the censors' pre-approval' (Creasman, Censorship and Civic Order in Reformation Germany, 1517-1648). VD16 S 4306. Quarto (295 x 215mm). Title within woodcut border, 7 large woodcuts and numerous small woodcuts (washed and pressed, several short marginal repaired tears, some just into text, a few restored corners, occasional light stains and finger-soiling). Early 20th-century brown morocco gilt (corners slightly worn). Provenance: Schweinfurt, Otto Schäfer collection (OS 1334, acquired in 1986 from Gerhard Scheppler, Munich) – traces of removed labels.
SCHROT, Martin (d. c.1576) Von der Erschrocklichen Zurstörung unnd Niderlag des gantzen Bapstumbs. [Augsburg: David de Negker, 1558]. First edition of a controversial illustrated work on ‘The Terrible Destruction and Decline of the Entire Papacy’. Martin Schrot was a goldsmith and engraver who, in 1552, left the city of Augsburg in order to escape imminent imprisonment for his radical Protestant poems. Soon after publication of the present work in 1558, however, both the illustrator and printer David de Negker were imprisoned. ‘Before the magistrates, [De Negker] made no attempt to excuse his crime. He had made a calculated financial decision, and his confession made clear he was unwilling to risk his investment by seeking the censors' pre-approval' (Creasman, Censorship and Civic Order in Reformation Germany, 1517-1648). VD16 S 4306. Quarto (295 x 215mm). Title within woodcut border, 7 large woodcuts and numerous small woodcuts (washed and pressed, several short marginal repaired tears, some just into text, a few restored corners, occasional light stains and finger-soiling). Early 20th-century brown morocco gilt (corners slightly worn). Provenance: Schweinfurt, Otto Schäfer collection (OS 1334, acquired in 1986 from Gerhard Scheppler, Munich) – traces of removed labels.
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