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

The Bible, that is, the entire Holy Scripture of the Old and New Testaments, in German, by Dr. Martin Luther: According to the authentic oldest Wittenberg edition, revised by the dear 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 read the Bible diligently, and a preface by Mr. Johann Winckler, pastor at the new St. Michaelis Church in Hamburg; newly examined with all diligence, all printing errors and faulty spellings that had crept into other copies and been overlooked in proofreading have been removed, adorned with ... magnificent figures, and ... augmented with new marginalia and ... notes

Ratzeburg: Hoffmann, 1695

The 1695 Ratzeburg Bible is an important, rare Bible edition that was printed in Ratzeburg (Lauenburg, Northern Germany) in the 17th century.

• 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 distinguished by its careful woodcut illustrations, some of which were executed in two-color printing.
• Background: Prior to this edition, Hoffmann had already printed a Low German Bible in 1692.