Publishing History
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Publishing History
A Word on Translations of Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion
The textual descent of Calvin’s masterwork — from the Latin editions of 1536–1559, through the French translations Calvin himself oversaw, to the major English translations that carry it into print today.
Publishing History
A Word on English Printings of Calvin’s Commentaries
Three English printings of Calvin’s biblical commentaries — the Victorian set that made them standard, its mid-century American reprint, and the condensed modern edition still in print.
Publishing History
A Word on the Church Fathers in English
How the Greek and Latin Fathers came into English — the rival Victorian enterprises of Oxford and Edinburgh, the American sets that pirated one and licensed the other, and the reprints that carry them onto the shelf today.