With an early 16th century leaf laid in

Pedersen, Christiern

[Works.] Christiern Pedersen danske skrifter, udgivne af C. J. Brandt og A. Th. Fenger. Forste bind. Postillens winterpart...Andet bind. Postillens sommerpart. Tidebogen. Bogen om messen...Tredie bind. Det nye testamente...Fjerde bind. Davids psalter og smaaskrifter 1531-33...Femte bind...Kejser Karl Magnus. Kong Olger Danske. Danske kroniker (efter haandskrifter).

Kjobehavn: J. Gyldendalske, 1850-1856. First edition, 5 volumes, 8vo; presentation copy from the editor to the runic archaeologist George Stephens; leaf from Pedersens' Alle Epistler oc Evangelia... (1518) laid in, original tan and blue paper-covered boards, paper labels on spines; mss. labels by Stephens on spines, joints, cracked, pages occasionally dog-eared, else good or better. Christiern Pedersen (c. 1480-1554) was the first man of letters in Denmark and considered the father of Danish literature. First a cathedral canon, later a Reformation convert, he published Saxo Grammaticus' Historica Danica in Paris. Pedersen is best known for his translation of the Bible into Danish, known as "Christian III's Bible," a landmark in Danish literature and still in use today. Brandt's and Fenger's collection of Pedersen's works is comprised of his Danish writings (1518-1533), and is of interest to historians, literary scholars and philologists. Volumes I and II include sermons for the entire church season along with texts for the day, breviaries and masses. Volume III is the New Testament, based on Luther's version. Volume IV includes the Psalms and other short writings. Volume V has Pederson's Danish versions of Charlemagne, the legend of Ogier the Dane, and a chronicle of Danish history. Volumes IV and V are edited by Brandt only. Item #12191

Price: $700.00