Description:
London: Richard Field, 1616. 4to (8 x 5.75 in).Collation
Galatians: Collates complete [4], 296 ff.Psalms: Lacking title (A1). A-V^4, X^2.
Binding
Text in black letter. Bound in a more recent red paneled calf binding with six raised bands. The text Galatians Psalms Luther 1616 tooled in gilt in compartments. Condition: Lightly rubbed. Text block dyed in red with text containing wide margins. A few ex-library stamps to the text of both commentaries. Minor marks, light blemishes or reading wear. A lovely, solid copy of a scarce and valuable book.
Note
Galatians is well known as Luther's favorite book: the subject of his lectures in 1519 and again in 1523. Luther has stated: The Epistle to the Galatians is my epistle. To it I am as it were in wedlock… It is my Katherine [i.e. Luther s wife]. The significance of this commentary upon Protestantism is difficult to overstate. Over and above all of Luther s writings it represents the crux of justification by faith alone in the strongest and clearest sense.
