Bach’s Bible : The Calov Bible, Die Heilige Bible 1681-1692 Facsimile of the Original Preserved in Concordia Seminary Library, St. Louis Deluxe facsimile edition Uitgeverij Van Wijnen, Franeker (Netherlands) Subscription price: €4,800 c.$5,700 (after publication: €6,000) c.$7,320 Read Michael Marissen ‟Bach Was Far More Religious Than you Might Think” (NYT, 3/3/18)                                         Full-color deluxe facsimile. The 3-volume Bible commentary compiled by 17th-century theologian Abraham Calov and once in the library of Johann Sebastian Bach has been in the Seminary Library collection since it was given to the Seminary by the Reichle family of Frankenmuth, MI, in the 1930s. The volumes are the only known, i.e., identified, books from the library of Lutheran composer J. S. Bach. Calov is both editor and author of the commentary, using as he does both Martin Luther’s translation of the Bible and primarily Luther’s comments on the text, adding his own commentary when no material is available in Luther’s works.  The work was printed in 1681-82. Some 25 marginal annotations of Bach, along with underlining and other marginal markings, are evidence of the composer’s use of the volumes.  Careful analysis of the handwriting, as well as technical analysis of the ink done in the 1980s, established the authenticity of Bach’s ownership.               Commentary in Eng/Ger/Jap/Dut by a team of scholars edited by Albert Clemen (contributors to include Christoph Wolff, Mary Greer, Tassilo Erhardt, Marcel Zwitser and Peter Wollny)        OMI - Old Manuscripts & Incunabula  PO Box 6019 FDR Station New York NY 10150 tel/fax 212/ 758-1946 http://www.omifacsimiles.com • immels@earthlink.net