{"product_id":"flittner-johann","title":"FLITTNER, Johann","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst edition of the Latin versification of Thomas Murner's ruthless satire Der Schelmen Zunft ( The League of Rogues ), published in 1512. Not to be confused with the contemporary Evangelic pastor and prominent hymn-writer, Johann Flittner was born in Schleusingen, became  Gerichts-Procurator  in Frankfurt, and was appointed poet laureate of the Holy Roman Empire around 1620. This Latin translation after Murner   the early sixteenth-century master of satiric pamphlets who penned, i.a., a harsh parody of Luther   was Flittner s most relevant and successful achievement.   It consists of a series of 33 erudite jokes in the form of illustrated verses against personal vice. Everything is taken and represented in its literal meaning, creating some funny emblems like the one depicting strict censors as people who  go around sifting excrement.  Very fittingly, the work opens with a dedicatory epigram to Momus, the Greek god of mockery, which illustrates the meaning of the title ( Rascal of Rascals: A Teasing Reproach of Contemporary Idleness ).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FLITTNER, Johann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57816132419919,"sku":"L2143","price":3250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1016\/2425\/0703\/files\/L2143-Flittner-1.jpg?v=1781795256","url":"https:\/\/sokol-books-ltd.myshopify.com\/products\/flittner-johann","provider":"Sokol Books Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}