Ratzeburg Bible - 1695 - Biblia That is/ The Complete Holy Scripture of the Old and New Testaments/ German/ Doct. Martin Luther's

Biblia, that is/ The entire Holy Scripture of the Old and New Testaments/ German/ Dr. Martin Luther's: According to the honest oldest Wittenberg edition revised by the esteemed man himself/ With the appendix of the 3rd and 4th books of Ezra/ As well as the 3rd book of Maccabees/ Together with a preceding exhortation from God's Word to diligently read the Bible/ And a preface by Mr. Johann. Winckler/ Pastor at the new Michaelis Church in Hamburg/ Newly and diligently reviewed/ all printing errors and faulty spellings that have crept into other copies and were overlooked in proofreading have been eliminated/ adorned with ... magnificent figures/ and ... supplemented with new marginalia and ... annotations

Ratzeburg Ratzeburg: Hoffmann, 1695

The Ratzeburg Bible of 1695 is a significant, rare Bible edition, printed in the 17th century in Ratzeburg (Lauenburg, North Germany).

• Printer and Location: The Bible was printed and published by Sigismund Hoffmann in Ratzeburg.
• Edition: This is an edition in High German. It is considered a cornerstone of later Ratzeburg Bible editions.
• Features: The Bible is characterized by careful woodcut illustrations, some of which were executed in two-color printing.
• Background: Before this edition, Hoffmann had already printed a Low German Bible in 1692.