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Printed Works by Schöffer

Peter Schöffer the Younger was born in Mainz sometime between 1475 and 1480. His father ran a print shop in the city. He relocated to Worms in 1518 and began to print writings sympathetic to the Reformation cause.  

The Schöffer print shop in a woodcut from around 1586 (Werkstatt von Schöffer & Fust aus Mainz, aus der Schweizer Chronik des Johannes Stumpf (Bl. 23v / VD 16 S 9864), Zürich, 1548). 
The Schöffer print shop in a woodcut from around 1586 (Werkstatt von Schöffer & Fust aus Mainz, aus der Schweizer Chronik des Johannes Stumpf (Bl. 23v / VD 16 S 9864), Zürich, 1548).

The print shop was situated in 'Meilenburg' (Eulenburgstraße 12), which was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War. A care home run by German Red Cross now stands at this address.

While residing in Worms, Schöffer printed works that included the first English-language version of the New Testament by William Tyndale (1526), the Worms translation of The Prophets by the Anabaptists Hans Denck and Ludwig Hätzer (1527), the Schleitheim Confession (1527-29), the Worms Bible (1529) and the second edition of Johann Walter's Choral Hymn Book (1525).

Schöffer moved to Strasbourg in 1529. The Worms City Library holds a facsimile of the Tyndale Bible and a 1770 reprint of The Prophets in the Worms edition.

 
Worms at 1521, Schöffer print shop, 3D-Rendering von FaberCourtial 
Worms at 1521, Schöffer print shop, 3D-Rendering von FaberCourtial