Bridwell Library’s collection of early Reformation era pamphlets, sermons, broadsides, catechisms, commentaries, and vernacular Bible translations is highlighted by the major works of Martin Luther, Philipp Melanchthon, Jean Calvin, numerous other sixteenth-century reformers, and Counter-Reformation authors. The exhibited items include several works of extreme rarity: while two are the only copies preserved in the United States, two others are the only recorded copies. 

                     

Indulgence

Dezember-testament

Low German New Testament

Luther in Dutch

Argula von Grumbach

Augsburg Confession

Spanish New Testament

Calvin’s French Bible