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Religious troubles in Emden

[ANABAPTISTS].
Protocol, dat is, alle handelinge des ghesprecks tot Embden in Oostvrieslandt met den Wederdooperen, die hen Vlamingen noemen, gehouden; begonnen den 27. Februarij, An. 1578. ende den 17. Mey desselven jaers ghe-eyndicht. Met een voorrede des welgeboren Heeren, Heeren Johans, graven ende Heeren tot Oostvrieslant, etc. Daerinne de oorsaken des gesprecks, ende sommige dwalingen der Wederdooperen vermeldet worden. Item, een grontlicke beantwoordinghe teghen der Wederdooperen voorlooper hier achter by ghevoecht.Wt de Sassensche, in Nederlantsche sprake, door Dominicum Julium, openbaren Keyserlijcken notarium, ghetrouwelijcken overgeset.

Woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut initials and endpieces. Printed in Gothic type in 2 columns.

Leyden, Henrick Lodewycsz. for Laurens Jacobsz., Amsterdam, 1616 [= 1596]. 4to. Contemporary overlapping vellum with title in ink on spine. Woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut initials and endpieces. Printed in Gothic type in 2 columns. 272 (8) ff. (Collation: A-2M8).

Rare second Dutch edition of this work on the fierce conflicts of the Anabaptists of Emden with the counts of Eastern Friesland. The first Dutch edition was published in Emden at Goossen Goebens in 1579 (Typ. Bat. 4104). The work is translated by Dominicus Julius from the first German edition (in Saxon dialect), printed in Emden, also at Goossen Goebens in 1579. The preface, dated March 4, 1579, is written by Johan, Count and Lord of Eastern Friesland (1538-1591). The imprint mentions 1616 as the year of printing, but the Typographia Batava places this edition in the year 1596, because of a misprint: M.D.CXVI in stead of M.D.XCVI, and Laurens Jacobsz. died in 1603.
At the end of the 16th century, Emden experienced a period of boom. Because of the Spanish blockades in the Dutch harbours, Emden became the most important port for the North Sea. In the meantime, thousands of protestant refugees from the Netherlands had come to Emden, protestant since 1544, to escape the prosecutions of the Duke of Alva at the beginning of the Eighty-Years-War. During this period Calvinistic Emden came into conflict with the Lutheran counts of Eastern Friesland. With the support of the Dutch, Emden managed to become a free imperial city under the protection of the Dutch Republic. Dutch became the official language for the commerce and civilian politics.

Good copy, with the bookplate of Howard Osgood pasted on inside of front cover and his signature onwritten on title.- (First lvs. a bit frayed)

Typ. Bat. nr. 4105; Boekenoogen p. 191; Hillerbrand, Bibl. d. Täufertums 3854; Mensing, Origin, nr. 89; Tielke, Ostfriesische Bib., 2847; Knuttel, Bibl. Kerkgeschiedenis , p. 265; cf. Pettegree, Emden and the Dutch revolt, 232; not in Leiden imprints.

Related Subjects: 16th Century History Leyden Religion Theology

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