for his own library. This book is now in the possession of Dr. J. Haeberlin, of Frankfort-onthe-Main, who is Mr. Luther's great-greatgrandson, and the inheritor of his possessions. In a letter dated March 6, 1892, Dr. Haeberlin has given some very important information concerning Luther's copy of the Saur Bible. He states that it contains the following dedication:THIS HOLY BOOK,

BY THE AID OF GOD

recently published in the German language in
THE WESTERN World,

with types from the Luther Printing House, which has flourished in Frankfort since the invention of printing, under the widely known name of

EGENOLF,

and still continues to prosper,

WAS THE VERY FIRST

preceded by none in the English, Dutch, or any other language, and was sent with eleven other copies on account of its being a novel and rare production, by the publisher,

-so the ship was called, under the command of the Englishman Faulkner, after having successfully completed the greater portion of the journey, not far from the headland of the Isle Maclovius, known under the name of

ST. MALMO,

fell into the hands of

FRENCH AND SPANISH PIRATES,

who offered the ship with its cargo of wares and these 12 copies,

the Apostles of the Western World, as it were,
at public sale,

until they all finally, through a wonderful dispensation of Providence, after a lapse of two years, were released from the bands of robbers, and delivered uninjured to the Luther Printing House, to whom they owed their existence. Depart, then, my Book, and become in consideration of thy marvellous fortunes, under the name of

together with thy similarly delivered companion volumes, a permanent ornament of the most noted libraries, in fulfilment of the well considered wish and will of the donor, whose written, not printed name follows.

LUTHER, DR.

FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN, January 1, 1747.

It is evident that Mr. Luther was not aware of the fact that the Eliot Bible had been printed in America nearly a hundred years before, or he would not have said that the Saur Bible, "was the very first, preceded by none in the English, Dutch, or any other language."

Mr. Luther presented a third copy of the original twelve Bibles to Count Keyserlingk. This volume is now in the Royal Library at

Stuttgart. Dr. T. Schott, the librarian, in a letter of February 8th, 1892, writes:

"The copy is evidently in its original binding of English leather. The sections of the back are ornamented with small gold toolings, and the frout and back covers have prettily shaped designs in the leather. There is a middle field, or centre-piece. On the inside of the front cover is a printed dedication from E. H. Luther to Count Hermann Karl Keyserlingk, Counsellor of the Empress Elizabeth of Russia. According to the Latin inscription, the Count lived for several years in Luthers hous'e. The same is dated Frankfort, Dec., 1745.

"Over the dedication is a coat-of-arms, most likely that of Luther. It consists of a shield parted diagonally from upper right-hand corner to lower left, on which is a galloping winged horse. In the upper left-hand corner is a small division representing three mountain tops, on the middle one of which is a cross. The crest is also decorated with these three mountain tops and cross.

"The last owner before the copy came into the possession of the Royal Library of Stuttgart was the well-known collector of Bibles, Pastor J. Lorck of Copenhagen. The copy is in every respect splendidly preserved."

A fourth presentation copy is now preserved in the Prince Stolberg Library at Wernigerode. A fifth copy was given by Mr. Luther to Dr. Ruppersburg of Marburg. Members of his family came to this country in 1843 and brought the Bible with them, but just where it is in the United States is not known.

A sixth copy was given to the Landes Bibliothek at Cassel, and the seventh to the Ducal Library at Gotha, where they are preserved.

An eighth copy was presented by Mr. Luther to Count Heinrich de Bunan, and this is now in the possession of the Royal Library at Dresden, Germany.

It contains a presentation inscription in these words:

THIS HOLY BOOK

NEVER BEFORE PRINTED IN THE WESTERN WORLD

in either English, Dutch, or any other language, but now under Divine protection, for the first time in German, and by types from his own foundry, is presented with the hope that it will give pleasure as a rarity, and on account of its coming from a remote land, to the Library of THE ILLUSTRIOUS HEINRICH DE BUNAN, COUNT OF

THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE,

PRIVY COUNCILLOR

OF HIS CHRISTIAN MAJESTY,
and of

THE IMPERIAL COURT,

and

AMBASSADOR OF THE SAME TO THE

ORDERS OF THE CIRCLE OF THE RHINE

AND LOWER SAXONY,

By

HEINRICH EHRENFRIED LUTHER, J.N.D. & C.W.A. FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN; July, 1747.

Dr. Haeberlin states that in Luther's copy, which he retained for himself, there is a memorandum in his own hand-writing of the disposition he made of the remaining eleven copies. The list is as follows: "St. Petersburg, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin, Hanover, Dresden, Gotha, Weimar, Braunschweig, Cassel, and Stuttgart." It will be observed that no mention is made in this list of the copy presented to the Royal Library at Frankforton-the-Main, or of the copy given to Dr. Ruppersburg. Whether these were additional copies received from Mr. Saur, or whether they belonged to the original twelve, and had changed hands, is not at present known. Of the Bibles that were sent to individuals or public libraries at St. Petersburg, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin, Hanover, and Weimar, no information has been received, though it has been solicited. It will be seen that we have located nine of the presentation copies, and it is to be hoped that in time the remaining three may be traced.