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423
Dr. Eichenberger
Bein wil Am See
July '94
SF 35 = $25

Bible (German) Luther.
Wittenberg: Hans Lufft, 1535. f^0
Ref: WA DB 2, 566-569 Ne 56.
Copy: LC, Yale, BM (imperfect), Union Theological Seminary

See #176
Der Prophet / Iesaia - XVIII
XXXVIII - (O.T. Book of Isaiah)
Biblia, des ist, die gantze Heilige Schrifft deudsch.
Mart. Luth. Gedruct durch Hans Lufft.

5 parts - ff. 315, 68, 164, 102, 200. 33cm.
Another ed. of that of Wittenberg 1534, with the
woodcuts of that edition (plus 3 new ones).
- 866 Bl; 51(50) Zeilen; im P5 und N.T. 52 Zeilen.
Hans Lufft - printer at Wittenberg 1523 - until shortly
before his death1584. For a few years he also had
a branch office at Konigsberg. Between 1534 + 1574
he printed more than 100,000 Bibles.
-1535 ed. - apparently put together too fast, and therefore
was burdened with many printing errors. In outer
appearance + in text configuration was closely related
to the 1st. 1534 edition.

Vellum Luther Bibles {Lufft - 1558 + 1560; 1541.
{Steyner - 1535.
The printing house of H. Lufft issued the 1st ed. of Luther's
complete translation of both Testaments in 1534 + continued
in collaboration with the Reformer through a series of folio
bibles until 1545, before Luther's death the following year.