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£15,000 · Offered by Sokol Books

A stunning copy of this beautifully printed, rare and important New Testament, in a very fine contemporary Lyon strap-work binding ‚àö‚Ć la cire, containing the Oliv étan translation of the New Testament into French, with exceptional and most appropriate contemporary humanist and Protestant provenance. A manuscript inscription on the title page records the gift of this bible by the Protestant humanist Justus Jonas (1493-1555) to the Protestant theologian Paul Eber (1511 1569). Justus Jonas (1493-1555), German Protestant reformer, was born at Nordhausen in Thuringia, on the 5th of June 1493. His real name was Jodokus (Jobst) Koch, which he changed according to the common custom of German scholars in the 16th century, when at the university of Erfurt. He entered that university in 1506, studied law and the humanities, and became Master of Arts in 1510. In 1511 he went to Wittenberg, where he took his bachelor's degree in law. His great admiration for Erasmus first led him to Greek and biblical studies, and his election in May 1519 as rector of the university was regarded as a triumph for the partisans of the New Learning. It was not, however, until after the Leipzig disputation with Eck that Luther won his allegiance. He accompanied Luther to Worms in 1521, and there was appointed by the elector of Saxony professor of canon law at Wittenberg. During Luther's stay in the Wartburg Jonas was one of the most active of the Wittenberg reformers. Giving himself up to preaching and po

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