Calvin's Institutes

[Taylor]

Hello, brothers and sisters.

I am unsure if this is the correct forum in which to ask this question, but here it goes:

I want to have a really good binding of the McNeill/Battles edition of Calvin's Institutes. I have the Westminster John Knox publication, but, to be frank, the binding and paper is awful. Does anyone know if or where I can find a better binding of this translation?

Thanks!

 

[gkterry]

As far as I know, there are only two editions of that available in print: a paperback and hardback edition. I have the hb edition and would assume it is a bit better than the pb version. Other than that, I am not sure it is available otherwise in print. It is available for the Logos Bible software which would eliminate the binding be an issue.

 

[Justified]

Get Beveridge edition. Better translation, though antiquated language, and I have one with really nice binding. Just search Calvin's Institutes Deluxe Edition (only like $20), but don't buy it on the Lord's Day.

 

[Mr. Bultitude]

The Battles translation is available in a free pdf online:

(removed links until it can be demonstrated that the host had permission)

 

[reaganmarsh]

Hi Taylor,

I have this one: http://www.wtsbooks.com/institutes-...lvin-translator-henry-beveridge-9781598561685. It came with a set of Calvin's Commentaries (a Christmas gift I received one year).

And this one: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/06642...nements=p_27:Ford+Lewis+Battles&pi=SY200_QL40 My wife gave this set to me at my graduation from SBTS.

Both are nice hardcover volumes and are pretty well-bound. I like the Beveridge translation a lot, but the McNeill set has more helpful footnotes. I'm glad to have both so I can do comparison study.

Hope this helps!

Grace to you.

 

[Ryan J. Ross]

I'd just buy the Knox press or Westminster (1975) press edition. I wouldn't get the Beveridge for a number of a reasons. Besides, you're an mdiv student and will need it for papers. I've read many of Calvin's editions and I find Beveridge to only be good on the prefatory address and a few chapters. Westminster West may have a deal.

 

[N. Eshelman]

if you get an older edition of the McNeill- mid-1990s, the paper is high quality, acid free paper and the binding is sewn. The newest edition of it uses a very cheap and heavy stock as well as glued (I believe) binding.

So I would say stick with McNeill and then look for an older printing.

FYI: My congregation has a monthly Calvin's Institute Study (a two + year project) and I have seen the scope of available editions.

 

[Whitefield]

The Battles translation is available in a free pdf online:

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I believe the Battles translation of Calvin's Institutes is still under full copyright protection.

I don't mean to be the copyright cop on here (maybe I should hold my tongue if it irritates people), but I became very sensitive to the matter when I was transcribing Reformed works for distribution on the internet (some are on Monergism).

 

[DMcFadden]

Yes, but, if you look at it, this is not only the Battles' translation, but it also claims: "Used by Permission from the Westminster Press, All Rights Reserved." This is the old "Ages" Bible Software edition of McNeill/Batles in PDF form. A few years ago, they had hundreds of theological resources available on PDF.

My question is did the person who put the PDF up online have the permission to do so?

 

[Mr. Bultitude]

Since I have no idea of the answer to that, I've removed the links for now.

 

[MW]

I want to have a really good binding of the McNeill/Battles edition of Calvin's Institutes. I have the Westminster John Knox publication, but, to be frank, the binding and paper is awful. Does anyone know if or where I can find a better binding of this translation?

I have a 90s edition, to which I have been fairly merciless, and the binding is still firm. Here is a picture of that edition: https://www.librarything.com/work/9478922