Facsimile reprint. Cologne : Taschen, 2003. 3 vols. Vol. 3 has separate title: The Luther Bible of 1534 : a cultural-historical introduction / by Stephan Füssel Introduction in English. Text in German.Vol. 3 (introduction) is paperbound. ( )

A beautiful book, although my copy is showing its 100+ year age. I bought it for the beauty of the text itself. ( )

I acquired this rendition of the Luther bible while in Trier in 2006. From the days when I lived in Berlin (1961-1963), as I really began to acquire books for my library, I had always wanted an early version of the Martin Luther translation. That dream was fulfilled with this beautiful and remarkable volume. Printed in a large format in the 1750s, it is a historical microcosm that reveals to the reader otherwise unappreciated insights into the early art of printing; the method of early book binding; the power of the German translation and the changes over time in the development and use of the German language. But reading this massive and beautiful book is not just an intellectual/spiritual exercise or pleasure. It also brings pleasure of the highest order from the tactile and visual contact one has with the book. The paper is heavy and textured to the touch from its obviously hand-made origins. The print is dark and fresh, with the German fraktur almost hieroglyphic in its own right in this present day -a sacred alphabet that does not yield its secrets easily to the modern reader. It has indeed become the center piece of my library collection and the source of many hours of pleasurable and instructive reading. ( )

This German Bible, set in a non-gothic type font is the copy that I used, read daily and extensively marked during my years as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is inscribed on the inside cover, "Fred L. Heidenreich / Herford 1964"

3 v. Vol. 1. Genesis-Canticles -- Vol. 2. Isaiah-Revelation -- Vol. 3. Anhang und Dokumente ( )