157 - Paltz, (Joh. de).

Paltz, (Joh. de). Celifodina Absconditos scripture thesauros pandens, reprinted and revised: and where it was previously incomplete, supplemented and carefully emended from the original. Leipzig, Martin Landsberg 1511. 4°. 186 unnumbered leaves. With a large title woodcut; woodcut printer’s mark at the end. 186 unnumbered leaves. — ╔Ibid.╗ Supplementum celifodine., Ibid. 1510. 4°. With full-page woodcut, 186 unnumbered leaves, printer’s mark at the end. Contemporary blind-stamped leather binding over wooden covers with two clasps. (Some wear; cover and spine have missing sections.) VD 16, J 254. Not listed in Adams. A rare second edition, printed by Martin Landsberger in Leipzig, of this work by the Swabian Augustinian monk and indulgence preacher Johannes von Paltz (or Pals, also known as Johannes Jeuser). “In 1490, when Paltz had the opportunity to observe the mines in Schneeberg, he published a ‘heavenly mine,’ which was subsequently issued in Latin under the title *Coelifodina*, expanded, and also received a special *Supplementum* in 1510” (Jöcher III, 1211). The work contains prime examples of indulgence preaching and is therefore an important source for the history of dogma. - Johannes Jeuser von Paltz was, as evidenced by the letter of commendation from the papal legate Cardinal Raimund von Gurk, an indulgence preacher in the region of Saxony during the Jubilee Year of 1500. As a long-time lecturer at the Studium Generale of the Augustinian monastery in Erfurt, Johannes von Paltz was in personal contact with Luther. (This personal contact in Erfurt is documented.) - The title woodcut, which is nearly the size of the page, depicts two monks working with pickaxes at a shaft beneath a crucifix. Landsberger’s printer’s mark at the end depicts two shields hung from a tree trunk, bearing theological and cosmic symbols, along with a city silhouette (cf. Grimm, Book Printer’s Marks 26). - The second woodcut depicts the battle between angels and demons. The angels have barricaded themselves in a castle and are firing cannons. - One leaf with brown spots and a few page markers. - The last two leaves are somewhat loose and creased at the top. ╔Numerous marginal notes in old handwriting.╗