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Nurenibergj 1524.] GERMAN BIBLES.
This volume of the present copy contains nothing beyond the Canticles
of Solomon: 4 dBnhe hes ^oijen Uetes ©alomo.’
The New Testament, which forms the fourth volume, has the
following title over a large wood-cut of the adoration of the
Shepherds, ‘ IDas j?5eue Cestament mtt fleeCs berteutscljt* M.D.XXIIII.
On the recto of the following leaf, numbered 2, commences the pro-
logue. On the reverse of fol. 3, is a list of the contents of the New
Testament. On the recto of fol. 4 commences a Register, which con-
cludes on the recto of fol. 16 : the reverse blank. Then commences St.
Matthew’s Gospel, on the following leaf numbered I; and the volume
concludes with the Revelations of St. John, on the reverse of fol.
exLin, with this colophon :
(Seimtrfd ?tt i&utentberg
huref) ^rthertelten
$eppus
M. D. XXIIII.
Without pretending to determine the priority of certain impressions
of Luther’s version of the Old and New Testaments, it may be as well
simply to state the discrepancies and contradietions which appear
among bibliographers, concerning them. In the Hist. Biblioth. Fabri-
ciance, vol. i. p. 25-28, the first impression of the New Testament is
said to have been published in 1522 ; that of the Pentateuch, in 1523 ;
of Joshua, and as far as Job, in 1524; of Job, the Psalms, Proverbs,
Ecclesiastes, and the Cantieles, in the same year: of Jonas and Hab-
bakkuk, in 1526 : of Zacharias, in 1527; of Isaiah, in 1528 ; of Ecclesi-
asticus, or the Book of Wisdom, in 1529; and all tlie Propliets in
1532. In 1533-5 Luther published a complete and revised edition of
the text of the Old and New Testaments.* Schmid, cle Vita Lutlieri, a
* ‘ A most fair and beautiful copy of this impression, on vellum, with colored plates,
in the finest preservation, and bound in crimson velvet, with two cases,’ was sold for
5nl. 10s., at a sale of books in Pall Mall, A.D. 1804; no. 248. Mr. Edwards has also a
vellum copy of this cdition ; which copies are said to have been printed at the cost of
Frederick, the Elector of Saxony. Whoever wishes to peruse a critical account of this
edition, should consult Seelen’s very valuable Selecta Litterariafrom p. 173 to 210.
The commencement of Sect. II. of this disquisition is not a little singular : ‘ Quis sit
auctor, vel quinam sint auctores huius Bibliorum versionis, nusquam diserte legi relatum.
Nurenibergj 1524.] GERMAN BIBLES.
This volume of the present copy contains nothing beyond the Canticles
of Solomon: 4 dBnhe hes ^oijen Uetes ©alomo.’
The New Testament, which forms the fourth volume, has the
following title over a large wood-cut of the adoration of the
Shepherds, ‘ IDas j?5eue Cestament mtt fleeCs berteutscljt* M.D.XXIIII.
On the recto of the following leaf, numbered 2, commences the pro-
logue. On the reverse of fol. 3, is a list of the contents of the New
Testament. On the recto of fol. 4 commences a Register, which con-
cludes on the recto of fol. 16 : the reverse blank. Then commences St.
Matthew’s Gospel, on the following leaf numbered I; and the volume
concludes with the Revelations of St. John, on the reverse of fol.
exLin, with this colophon :
(Seimtrfd ?tt i&utentberg
huref) ^rthertelten
$eppus
M. D. XXIIII.
Without pretending to determine the priority of certain impressions
of Luther’s version of the Old and New Testaments, it may be as well
simply to state the discrepancies and contradietions which appear
among bibliographers, concerning them. In the Hist. Biblioth. Fabri-
ciance, vol. i. p. 25-28, the first impression of the New Testament is
said to have been published in 1522 ; that of the Pentateuch, in 1523 ;
of Joshua, and as far as Job, in 1524; of Job, the Psalms, Proverbs,
Ecclesiastes, and the Cantieles, in the same year: of Jonas and Hab-
bakkuk, in 1526 : of Zacharias, in 1527; of Isaiah, in 1528 ; of Ecclesi-
asticus, or the Book of Wisdom, in 1529; and all tlie Propliets in
1532. In 1533-5 Luther published a complete and revised edition of
the text of the Old and New Testaments.* Schmid, cle Vita Lutlieri, a
* ‘ A most fair and beautiful copy of this impression, on vellum, with colored plates,
in the finest preservation, and bound in crimson velvet, with two cases,’ was sold for
5nl. 10s., at a sale of books in Pall Mall, A.D. 1804; no. 248. Mr. Edwards has also a
vellum copy of this cdition ; which copies are said to have been printed at the cost of
Frederick, the Elector of Saxony. Whoever wishes to peruse a critical account of this
edition, should consult Seelen’s very valuable Selecta Litterariafrom p. 173 to 210.
The commencement of Sect. II. of this disquisition is not a little singular : ‘ Quis sit
auctor, vel quinam sint auctores huius Bibliorum versionis, nusquam diserte legi relatum.