Early Low-German Bibles;: The story of four pre-Lutheran editions, by Strand, Kenneth Albert - 1967-01-01

W. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co, 1967-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. W. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co [Published Date: 1967]. Hardcover, 48 pp. No other printings listed. Very good in very good dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. light bumping and scuffing to edges and corners of covers. Binding tight. Pages lightly aged but otherwise unmarked. Dust jacket has a few small nicks and the light creasing along edges. light overall scuffing to jacket as well. Top corner of jacket flap clipped. Now in an archival-quality Brodart Cover NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. Black and white illustrations throughout out. Contents include: Preface; List of tables; List of Abbreviations; Part I: Facts of Publication: Places, Printers, Dates; Description and Genealogy; The Low-German Bibles: Their Place in History; Part II: Quick-Reference Table of Basic Data; List of Plates; Plates I-XIV. [From Preface] The present book is a companion volume to my German Bibles Before Luther: The Story of 14 High-German Editions. As that publication deals with High-German editions of the complete Bible which appeared circa 1466 to 1518, so the present publication treats four Low-German ones which also appeared before Luther's famed High German "September Testament" of 1522. In some ways (notably the woodcuts, for instance) the Low German Bibles are even more significant than the High-German series. Like its companion volume, the present book is divided into two main parts. The first treats briefly such matters as publication facts, description, genealogy, and historical setting of the Bibles; and the second provides facsimile reproductions of sample pages (and includes a "Quick-Reference Table of Basic Data").