16th-century German blind-stamped pigskin (L.4.8)

16th-century German blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards. The binding is from a multi-volume edition of the works of Luther (1564-70). Although each volume bears a similar binding, this, the first also has the initials M.H.V.K. stamped upon it. The central panels depict Martin Luther on the front cover, and Philip Melanchthon on the rear.