. - BÖHMEN - Acta aller handlungen, so sich zwischen dem Allerdurchleuchtigsten [...] Ferdinanden, - 1548

Bohemia

Acts of all actions, as they pertain to the Most Serene Ferdinand, Roman, Hungarian, and Behamian [...].

With a full-page coat of arms woodcut.

Printed in Prague, by the publisher of Bartolomeus Netholicky, in the year 1548.

Collation: [324] leaves.

Bound in a blind-embossed leather binding from the period, pulled over a wooden cover, with the spine renewed in the 18th century featuring a spine label and a blind-embossed floral ornament.

VD16 XL 65 - Voit, Bohemica 252. - An important source for the conflicts between Ferdinand I. and the Bohemian Estates. During the Schmalkaldic War, Protestant princes allied against Charles V., with Ferdinand supporting the emperor. However, some of the Bohemian Estates refused to obey him. After the Battle of Mühlberg (1547), the Schmalkaldic League was dissolved. Ferdinand then succeeded in defeating the opposition in Bohemia.

CONDITION: Good copy with signs of use, internally uniformly browned and somewhat stained. Numerous wormholes and handwritten marginal notes. Cover faded, rubbed, and bumped, with the clasp removed.