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I bought this facsimile copy of the 1522 Erasmus New Testament to put on the shelf next to my facsimile copies of Tyndale's New Testament editions. This facsimile is high quality and a great value for the money, especially for what you will pay for the Tyndale editions (one by Hendrickson is out of print and the other is a premium hardback edition not produced for the mass market). I have not found this particular edition of Erasmus' NT anywhere else. If you're considering this Bible, you are probably not a novice in Ancient Greek; but if you are, a word of caution that it's not suitable for casual study. Due to the archaic printing conventions, i.e. ligatures, and to a lesser extent the Latin introductory material, it will be years until it might turn into a readable copy for me. (If you do read Latin, the Roman font is very readable.) If you're like me, you will want to have one so that you can appreciate the rich history of Classical Greek printing, and the Bible specifically. Every time I open it, it's a step back into centuries of time past.

Seller reply: Thank so much for your support. Yes, I could never find the 1522 facsimile that tyndale based his translation on anywhere, which one would think would be the most popular year for sellers to make, yet I found every other year but, which is why we decided to make it. Such a process is the origin of most books we sell. And agreed, unless one is simply a collector, this book isnt for the beginner in Greek, as the Greek Erasmus writes, is always smaller than the Latin, not to meantion the old style of writ in those times, almost like a cursive Greek, can make it more of a challenge to understand, but with time, this is overcome. It's not worth it to everyone. Our goal is to make original photocopies of all important manuscripts easily available to all. With AI, schemes, human error and the rest, people want to see the originals for themselves, to confirm nothing was changed, omitted, or interpreted in a way they disagreee with, before it was transcribed into other formats for the masses. But this 1522 is exactly what Tyndale was looking at, & all these years of Ersamus translations are what all the protestant translators, including Luther, were all looking at. We go to the root, but before this, how can we confirm the collection of Greek manuscripts Erasmus based his Greek on? We can't. And the Textus Receptus 1550 Stephanus many are familiar with, was almost entirely dependent on these editions of Erasmus. So all who want to know the source of our translations and how reliable they are, must become familiar with Erasmus & judge his character for themselves, And also, his qualifications. Both Tyndale and Luther, copy Erasmus' Latin rendering of his Greek word for word, because they both knew Latin well. People don't realize how much all is dependent upon Erasmus. Hope to see you again freind!

Everything was perfect. Quick Delivery. Bundled a deal for me with multiple items. Thanks a bunch

Seller reply: You're most welcome. Twas an honor to serve. Thank so much. Hope to see you again! -BaumBookSantoDottCommerciall

You can't find this for sale anywhere and especially for so cheap/ The quality more than speaks for itself. God Bless!