I found this short summary of the Institutes that some might find interesting. It has a little history at the beginning.
A Short Summary of Calvin's Institutes - by Dr. C. Matthew McMahon
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- Shalom NB.Mick! Since you are an ESL person you could add another set of "training wheels" by making a Lay-out with the Battles' translation and a PB of the German translation by Otto Weber next to each other. I have done likewise.
- Thanks for the idea, H.J.! This could be a nice addition for the growing group of German-speaking Logos users - in fact years ago Theolobias even mentioned Weber's translation in a forum thread. I personally have no idea where to obtain any German translation of the institutes in electronic version at all. It seems Weber's version is only to be found in a very expensive hardcopy - even on a site claiming eBook in its title - and in one place as picture-scans in blackletter font. I'm not even sure if I should ask you to share the PB source, since despite being published in the 1930s it's probably still under copyright (if 70 years PMA applies, Weber living until 1966).
- Shalom NB.Mick! About a year ago I found an (untagged) Word document on the internet, but after reading your post I very much doubt the translation is in the public domain. Perhaps we should take this discussion to the German Faithlife group. Or you could send me an email at hj[dot]van[punkt]der[dot]wal[at]wxs[punkt]nl