Hier een 'Einzeldruck' van Luthers eerste lied (Ein neues Lied wir heben an) over de ware lotgevallen van twee van zijn Antwerpse ordebroeders, Johan van Essen en Hendrik Voes. Het gescande exemplaar is gedrukt in Nürnberg ca. 1530 (het origineel is niet gedateerd) door Georg Wachter: 'Ein new Lied von den zweyen märterern Christi, zu Brüssel von den Sophisten zu Löven verbrant. Diss Lied zeyget an, warumb die gotlosen Sophisten die rechten Christen umbpringen. De ondertitel laat geen onduidelijkheid bestaan over de context: de propaganda-oorlog tussen rooms en luthers woedt volop. Beiden partijen proberen hun versie van de feiten (incl. interpretatie) in de harten en hoofden van de mensen te krijgen.
Three undated early editions (late 1517, early 1518?) are known. The original Wittenberg edition is lost. It probably had the same section (3x25 + 20 theses) as the Nurnberg edition, which is considered to be a look-alike [copy] of the lost original. Note: None has an imprint. So printer, place, date are all inferred based on circumstantial evidence.
2. sloppy edition - misnumbered! Leipzig (Melchior Lotter ? Jacob Thanner?). Another copy of this edition has an manuscript annotation at the top in the handwriting of Luthers' friend and colleague Johann Lang, to whom Luther had sent a letter with the theses enclosed. USTC http://ustc.ac.uk/index.php/record/751650
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3. First known booklet printing: Adam Petri - Basel. On the title page with pencil not only Adam Petri is mentioned, but also a "Johannes Ruser" (??): owner? A title had to be invented: Disputatio D. Martini Luther theologi, pro declaratione virtutis indulgentiarum. USTC: http://ustc.ac.uk/index.php/record/639278
NB: contrary to what is generally thought, this edition is also undated. The year 1517 is part of the printed text and refers to the original date of the disputation (which AFAIK never took place). Remarkable: the original numbering is maintained. A full copy can be downloaded at:http://dx.doi.org/10.3931/e-rara-273
