Printed in 1544 by Nicholas Brylinger, Basel, Switzerland. Acquired by 1548 by Johannes Bugenhagen, Wittenberg, Germany.[1] Acquired by 1553 by D. and Katharina Schultz, Freistadt, Austria.[2] Acquired by 1850 by Hutchison, unknown owner.[3] Purchased at auction in 2002 by Gene Albert Jr., Rare Books & More, Lynchburg, Virginia;[4] Privately purchased in 2014 by Green Collection, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Donated in 2015 to National Christian Foundation (later The Signatry) under the curatorial care of Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.
Notes: [1] Bugenhagen inscribed the front pastedown and provided the date of June 25, 1548. Annotations within the text are also in his hand. [2] The Schultz family recorded the birth of a son, Micheas, in 1553 and a daughter, Anna, in 1554 on the back free endpaper. The initials “D. S.” are presumably those of the father Schultz, who also recorded the death of his wife, Katharina, in childbirth in 1555. [3] An unidentified owner whose last name was Hutchison left an inscription on the book’s title page with the date 1850. Hutchison’s first initials are illegible. [4] See Christie’s, Valuable Illuminated Manuscripts and Printed Books (London), July 11, 2002, Lot 62.
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Christie’s London, Valuable Illuminated Manuscripts and Printed Books (London: Christie’s Publications, 2002).