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Summary: Tract on the history of Divine Revelation, tracing the teachers of the church from the Creation to the author's own time, by Georg Major, a student of Luther and Melanchthon, and professor at Wittenberg from 1536, with a few brief interruptions, until his death.

Summary: Tract on the history of Divine Revelation, tracing the teachers of the church from the Creation to the author's own time, by Georg Major, a student of Luther and Melanchthon, and professor at Wittenberg from 1536, with a few brief interruptions, until his death.

Summary: Rare first French printing of Luther's lectures on Galatians.

Summary: Rare first French printing of Luther's lectures on Galatians.

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Summary: One of seven 1530 printings of a tract by Luther on his method of translating the Bible. Included is a short discussion on the possibility of intercessory prayer by the saints. The work is prefaced by Wenzeslaus Linck.

Summary: One of seven 1530 printings of a tract by Luther on his method of translating the Bible. Included is a short discussion on the possibility of intercessory prayer by the saints. The work is prefaced by Wenzeslaus Linck.

Summary: This is the first printing of Luther's sermon preached June 29th, 1519, at the Leipzig Disputation, on text: Matthew 16: 13-19 (Peter's Great Confession, and the presentation of the Keys). The woodcut on the title page is the earliest known portrait of Luther.

Summary: This is the first printing of Luther's sermon preached June 29th, 1519, at the Leipzig Disputation, on text: Matthew 16: 13-19 (Peter's Great Confession, and the presentation of the Keys). The woodcut on the title page is the earliest known portrait of Luther.

Summary: Sermon preached June 29, 1519, on text: Matthew XVI, 13-19.

Summary: Sermon preached June 29, 1519, on text: Matthew XVI, 13-19.

Summary: A sermon by Johann Mathesius on the resurrection of the dead, preached three hours before his own death. Issued with it is the funeral sermon for Mathesius, delivered by Caspar Franck.

Summary: A sermon by Johann Mathesius on the resurrection of the dead, preached three hours before his own death. Issued with it is the funeral sermon for Mathesius, delivered by Caspar Franck.

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Summary: Johannes Brenz's commentary on Galatians, first published in 1546/47 and reprinted numerous times.

Summary: Johannes Brenz's commentary on Galatians, first published in 1546/47 and reprinted numerous times.

Summary: Sermon preached June 29, 1519, on text: Matthew XVI, 13-19.

Summary: Sermon preached June 29, 1519, on text: Matthew XVI, 13-19.

A depiction of the Americas, personified as an indigenous woman wearing a feathered headdress and holding a rolled up Constitution, being offered a Holy Bible by a kneeling woman (potentially a personification of Europe?) while Liberty looks on, depicted as a woman in a Greek-style himation and carrying a Liberty pole topped with a cap of liberty. On the right, behind America is a plinth with a list of names: Washington, Montgomery, Greene, Franklin, Warren, Adams, Mercer, Putnam, Jay, Clinton, Gates, Morris, and Fayette.

A depiction of the Americas, personified as an indigenous woman wearing a feathered headdress and holding a rolled up Constitution, being offered a Holy Bible by a kneeling woman (potentially a personification of Europe?) while Liberty looks on, depicted as a woman in a Greek-style himation and carrying a Liberty pole topped with a cap of liberty. On the right, behind America is a plinth with a list of names: Washington, Montgomery, Greene, Franklin, Warren, Adams, Mercer, Putnam, Jay, Clinton, Gates, Morris, and Fayette.

Summary: There were 18 printings of the whole Bible in German before Luther's September Testament of 1522. These were all translated from the Latin vulgate. They are today chiefly remembered as giving the lie to the often expressed assertion that the Catholic Church discouraged the circulation of the Bible in the vernacular. Many church authorities were not pleased to admit that it was necessary to circulate it in German. But they realized that a certain lack of education coupled with the people's desire to know their religious heritage made it necessary to print in German.

Summary: There were 18 printings of the whole Bible in German before Luther's September Testament of 1522. These were all translated from the Latin vulgate. They are today chiefly remembered as giving the lie to the often expressed assertion that the Catholic Church discouraged the circulation of the Bible in the vernacular. Many church authorities were not pleased to admit that it was necessary to circulate it in German. But they realized that a certain lack of education coupled with the people's desire to know their religious heritage made it necessary to print in German.

An historiated page containing a decorative head piece, a miniature painting of an eagle holding a book, and the symbols of John depicted in zoomorphic script.

An historiated page containing a decorative head piece, a miniature painting of an eagle holding a book, and the symbols of John depicted in zoomorphic script.

An historiated containing a decorative head piece, a miniature painting of a winged ox or bull carrying a book, and the symbols of Luke depicted in zoomorphic script.

An historiated containing a decorative head piece, a miniature painting of a winged ox or bull carrying a book, and the symbols of Luke depicted in zoomorphic script.

An historiated page containing a decorative head piece, a miniature painting of two lions holding books, and the symbols of Mark depicted in zoomorphic script.

An historiated page containing a decorative head piece, a miniature painting of two lions holding books, and the symbols of Mark depicted in zoomorphic script.

Historiated page containing a decorative head piece, a miniature painting depicting an angel holding a book, and the symbols of Matthew depicted in zoomorphic script.

Historiated page containing a decorative head piece, a miniature painting depicting an angel holding a book, and the symbols of Matthew depicted in zoomorphic script.

The title page of Kirche[n] Gesäng : aus dem Wittenbergischen vnd allen andern den besten Gesangbüchern, so biss anhero hin vnd wider aussgangen colligirt vnd gesamlet ; In eine feine richtige vnd gute ordnung gebracht, vnd auffs fleissigest, vnd nach den besten exempla, including a frame with several scenes from the New Testament. The scenes include: the nativity (top), Jesus teaching and healing (top left), Jesus praying in the Garden of Gethsemane and the crucifixion (bottom left), the resurrection (top right), and Pentecost (bottom right).

The title page of Kirche[n] Gesäng : aus dem Wittenbergischen vnd allen andern den besten Gesangbüchern, so biss anhero hin vnd wider aussgangen colligirt vnd gesamlet ; In eine feine richtige vnd gute ordnung gebracht, vnd auffs fleissigest, vnd nach den besten exempla, including a frame with several scenes from the New Testament. The scenes include: the nativity (top), Jesus teaching and healing (top left), Jesus praying in the Garden of Gethsemane and the crucifixion (bottom left), the resurrection (top right), and Pentecost (bottom right).

One bound manuscript of the Four Gospels in Armenian containing the following:

One bound manuscript of the Four Gospels in Armenian containing the following:

The title page of Histoire générale des cérémonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde, featurnig an engraving depicting, clockwise from the top, Christianity represented by angels surrounding the Bible, bearing the Latin phrase “biblia sacra concilia et traditiones” and a woman holding a communion chalice, Buddhism by two men praying (bottom right), Islam by one man reading the Qu’ran to his suffering companion, and Judaism by a woman reading the Old Testament, as a blindfolded woman with bat wings holds a lantern for her (left).

The title page of Histoire générale des cérémonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde, featurnig an engraving depicting, clockwise from the top, Christianity represented by angels surrounding the Bible, bearing the Latin phrase “biblia sacra concilia et traditiones” and a woman holding a communion chalice, Buddhism by two men praying (bottom right), Islam by one man reading the Qu’ran to his suffering companion, and Judaism by a woman reading the Old Testament, as a blindfolded woman with bat wings holds a lantern for her (left).

Summary: A commentary on Paul's letter to the Galatians.

Summary: A commentary on Paul's letter to the Galatians.

Summary: One of six 1519 printings of Luther's lectures on Paul's letter to the Galatians, first held in 1516. Galatians was Luther's favorite biblical book, which had a profound infulence on the formation of his theological thought and his understanding of law and grace.

Summary: One of six 1519 printings of Luther's lectures on Paul's letter to the Galatians, first held in 1516. Galatians was Luther's favorite biblical book, which had a profound infulence on the formation of his theological thought and his understanding of law and grace.