Biblia
Subtitle: Das ist : Die gantze Heilige Schrifft Deudsch, D. Mart. Lut
Publisher: Hans Lufft?
Published: 1558
Place of publication: Wittenberg?
Language: ger
Other titles: Bible. New Testament. German. Luther. 1557.
Work titles: Bible German Luther 1558
Notes: Cataloged from imperfect copy.

Title page in red and black with wookcut border (clouds, cherubs, medallions for the four gospel writers with Martin Luther and an elector(?) praying before Christ on the cross).

New Testament has separate title page: Das new Testament / D. Martinus Luther. M.D.L.VII

With Apocrypha.

Woodcut illustrations; text in single column; printed marginal notes.

The Old Testament in two parts, with separate pagination (part one ends with Song of Solomon on folio 402; part two ends with 2Z4 = [folio 274]); the New Testament is in one part.

Two woodcut illustrations in the New Testament (leaf 3C2r 3C2v) bear dates of 1558.

Manuscript annotations throughout, primarily in German but some Latin.

Imperfect: Title page mutilated; almost entirely wanting, fragment that remains suggests the title includes the phrase, "[Begnadet mit] Kurfürstlicher zu [Sachsen freiheit]"; Genesis and most of Exodus (through chapter 30) are wanting, as are all following Acts 27, with the exception of various detached leaves. Among the detached leaves are selections from Revelations (with illustrations) and the full page woodcut portrait of Saint Paul (torn with part wanting).

On cords, but only fragment of original upper board remains (contemporary leather over wood, heavily wormed)