Joannes Huss de anatomia antichristi – Jan Hus – 1524 | Martin Luther & John Wycliffe

Joannes huss de anatomia antichristi, liber unus is am early Renaissance treatise connecting John Wycliffe, Jan Hus, and Martin Luther. This work, first published in 1524, adapts material from Matthias de Ianova’s Regulae Veteris et Novi Testamenti, a foundation of Hussite teaching, as well as the concept of papal Antichrist through the allegory of human anatomy. Included is Hus’s letter to Martin Luther urging the importance of his writings within the reform movement. Johann Schott produced this edition in Strassburg, a center of Reformation printing, and this particular example is notable for being bound in a period manuscript with leather ties.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Joannes huss de anatomia antichristi, liber unus
• Author(s): Jan Hus
• Illustrator(s):
• Contributor(s): Matthias de Ianova (Source); Martin Luther (Letter Recipient); Otto Brunfels (Editor); John Wycliffe (Source Influence)
• Publisher: Strassburg, Johann Schott
• Edition: First Edition. 1524.
• Format: (8vo), single volume
• Binding: Manuscript with leather ties
• Size:  8.5 in x 6.25 in (21.6 cm x 15.9 cm)
• Collation: [8], xcviij, [10]
• Illustrations: vignettes and 2 small in-text figures
• Contents Include:
  • Letter from Jan Hus to Martin Luther
  • Main text of de anatomia antichristi
  • Passages adapted from Ianova’s Regulae
  • Reformation commentary in Hussite tradition
• Provenance: provenance
• Reference(s): USTC 667424; Adams H 1201

Condition:

Binding secure with original leather straps. Pages complete with moderate toning and light wear to margins. Text block stable. Very Good.

Why Collect This?

• Early Reformation printing from Strassburg
• Contains correspondence between Hus and Luther
• Links Wycliffe, Hus, Ianova, and Luther
• Rare survival with manuscript binding

Item Number: # 29287