Erasmus, Novum Instrumentum, 1516 (A1r)

Erasmus’s translation of the Bible from Greek into Latin is appropriately presented in two parallel columns. Here, the initial page of his New Testament is set off with woodcut borders; the following pages are plain columns of text.

Erasmus's translation of the Bible from Greek into Latin is appropriately presented in two parallel columns. Here, the initial page of his New Testament is set off with woodcut borders; the following pages are plain columns of text.

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Desiderius Erasmus, Novum Instrumentum omne : diligenter ab Erasmo Roterodamo recognitum & emendatum. Basel: Johannes Froben, 1516. (sig. A1r)

Universitätsbibliothek Basel, BibG B 3 (public domain)