12 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



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A reaiarkable book, entitled: " WarhaiFtige Beschreihung des andern Zugs In Osterreich 

 ■wider den Turcken, etc.," being an account of Charles V.'s second expedition against the 

 Turks. It is beautifully i^rlnted and enriched with seven large wood engravings by 

 Michael Ostendorfer (ob. 1559). One of the engravings Is a portrait of Frederick II., 

 Count Palatine of Bavaria, on horseback and In armour. The otlier engravings consist 

 of spirited representations of camps, sieges, battle fields and marches. This work was 

 printed at Nuremberg, by H. Formschneider, in 1539. 



— Numerous important early editions of the Bible, in the vernacular versions. Among 

 the more interesting are : " Biblla, das 1st die gantze Heillge Schrlfft, Deudsch aufFs new 

 zugericht. D. Mart. Luth. Gedruckt zu Leipzig durch Nicolaum Wolrab," 1541, fol. 

 Two handsome volumes, with numerous full page woodcuts, and large Initial letters. 

 This is one of the rarest of the piratical reprints of Luther's Bible. It gave great 

 offence to Luther, who, as soon as he heard that It was in contemplation, wrote to the 

 Elector John Frederick, that the knave Wolrab of Leipzig, who had printed all the 

 libellous attacks upon him, had now taken upon him to pirate his German Bible, and thus 

 take the bread out of the mouths of Luther's own people at Wittenberg. From Luther's 

 opposition, or some other cause. It has become excessively scarce, and is to be found in 

 very few of the great collections. 



" Dat Nye Testament dudesch gantz vlytig engecorrlgeret mit eynem Register. Mar- 

 tinus Luther. Hans Lufft, Wittenberch, 1525," 4°. The rai-est, if not the earliest, of all 

 the editions of Luther's Testament in Low German, Issued by his own printer under his 

 own eye at Wittenberg. 



The New Testament printed at Worcester by John Oswen, 1550. Oswen set up a 

 press at Worcester in the reign of Edward VI., at which about 20 books, chiefly of a 

 religious character, were printed between 1548 and 1553, which are extremely scarce. 

 No perfect copy of this Testament is known. " Le Nouveau Testament, Latin et Fran9oIs. 

 Avec annotations et expositions des lieux les plus difficlles et principaleraent de ceux qui 

 ont ete depraves et corrompus par les heretlques de nostre temps. Par Rene Benolst, 

 Angevin, Docteur Regent en la Faculte de Theologle de Paris. Paris, 1566," 12°. This 

 edition is remarkable as a singular literary fraud. Benolst, the editor, whilst professlno^ 

 to issue a popular orthodox Testament for the use of good Catholics, with notes to guard 

 them against the heretical corruptions of the Reformers, had in reality simply aj^pro- 

 priated the Genevan version, and reprinted it, notes and all, with a new title, under the 

 privilege of the King of France as his own work. The imposture was soon found out, 

 and the book was censui'ed by the Theological Faculty of Paris, and condemned by Pope 

 Gregory in his Bull of November 3rd, 1575. "Del Nuovo Testamento nuova e fedel 

 traduttione dal testo Greco in lingua volgare Italiana. Per Giovan Lulgi Paschale. 

 Geneva, 1555," 8°. A rare Italian version, made for the Italian exiles at Geneva, the 

 publication of which was one of the charges brought against Paschale shortly afterwards, 

 when he was accused of heresy and burnt at Rome. " Le Nouveau Testament Reveu et 

 corrige sur le Grec .... A.vec annotations reveues et de nouveau augmentees, 

 par M. A. Marlorat. Caen," 1563. One of the rarest of the Huguenot New Testaments. 

 Marlorat, who was minister at Rouen, was executed there In November 1563. "Le Nou- 

 veau Testament de Nostre Seigneur : Traduit du Latin en Frangais par les Theologlens 

 de Louvaln. Anvers, C. Plantln," 1573. This is the first edition of the Louvain version 

 in French. 



The Machzor, or Festival Prayers of the German Jews. A very curious Hebrew 

 book, printed at Augsburg in the year 1536 : on vellum. No other copy on velkim seem 

 to be known, with the exception of one In the Bodleian Library. In printing the work, 

 passages considered by the censors to be disrespectful to Christianity were omitted, and 

 the spaces left blank; in the present copy they have been re-inserted in MS. beautifullv 

 written, so as to resemble the excised type. 



Some interesting additions have been made to the collection of Liturgies, more parti- 

 cularly In those for special uses. Amongst them may be noted : An Augsburg Breviary 

 for 1504. A Breviary for the Benedictine Congregation at Tegernsee, printed there in 

 1506. A Breviary for the Church of Eichstadt. Ingoldstadt, 1589. A very rare 

 Breviary for the use of Frislngen, Pars ^stlvalls and Pars Hyemalis, printed at Baai- 

 berg In 1482 and 1483. Two editions of the Breviary for the use of Passau, dated 1515 

 and 1517. A Ratlsbon Breviary printed at Augsburg, 1515. A Diurnale for the Church 

 of Breslau, Basle, 1521. A rare Missal for the Church of Constance ; having large wood- 

 cuts by Hans Burgmalr. An excessively rare Obsequlale for the Church of Brixen, 

 printed at Augsburg by Ratdoldt in 1480. A Milan Psalter of 1555 ; and a Psalter 

 printed at Venice, presumably by V. de Spira about 1490. An edition of the Book of 

 Hours "ad usum Romanas Curiae," printed at Paris by Verard, finely ornamented with 

 large woodcut borders; it is without date but the table accompanying the Calendar ranges 

 from 1478 to 1508. This is a very handsome volume, and forms an important addition to 

 the rich collection of books by Verard already In the Library. Another edition of the 

 Book of Hours, printed on vellum, at Paris, about 1503, and illuminated. Is distinguished 

 by an uncommon and unidentified printer's mark, which occurs on the title-page, and Is 

 onl}^ known to exist in two other books. 



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