Biblica Sacra Utriusque Testamenti...

Title

Biblica Sacra Utriusque Testamenti...

Date

1527

Format

Description

This bible still retains its 16th century blind-stamped German binding with original clasps and leather knot bookmarks. It was a pirated edition of a controversial translation of the New Testament by the humanist scholar Desiderius Erasmus which became the basis of Martin Luther's revolutionary translation of 1522.

Is Part Of

Rare Book Collection, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library

Page Location

148