18612. [Lutheran Bible]. 
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BIBLIA, DAS IST DIE GANZE HEILIGE SCHRIFFT/ DURCH D. MARTIN LUTHER VERTEUTSCHT: MIT D. PAULI TOSSANI HIEBEVOR AUẞGEGANGENEN GLOSSEN UND AUẞLEGUNGEN... 1668, Franckfurt am Mayn, Theodor Falkensens, folio, engraved and printed title pages, 42 leaves, pp486, 1 leaf, pp526, 127, 22leaves, pp414, six double page engraved maps including the Nicholas Visscher double-hemisphere, (the others are damaged) with text on verso. Contemporary oak boards, full embossed pigskin, brass corners and clasps (one missing).
OCLC Worldcat locates just two copies of this edition, both in Switzerland; University of Basel, University of Bern, and this copy collates exactly with those. Martin Luther began translating the Psalms into German as early as 1517, and in 1521, when he was imprisoned in Wartburg (he was excommunicated by the Pope for refusing to renounce his writings), he set about translating the New Testament based on Erasmus' second edition from the original Greek, and inspired by some of the choices made by this humanist. This was a great success, and he continued with the Old Testament, completing the whole Bible in 1534; this version, though revised, is still used today in German speaking countries. Indeed, Luther's translation was a considerable influence on the development of the German language. "In my translation of the Bible I strove to use pure and intelligible German. Our quest for an expression could sometimes last four weeks without us being happy with our work. In addition, I have not worked on my own: I recruited assistants from everywhere. I tried to speak in German, not Greek nor Latin. But to speak German one should not turn to texts in Latin. The house-wife, children playing, people in the street are those to learn from: listening to them teaches one how to speak and to translate - then they will understand you and know how to speak your language." (Luther, An Open Letter on Translating, 1530).
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