我经常深入到北京大学图书馆的书库里去找一些令我感兴趣的西文书。有一次不经意之间,我竟在积满了灰尘的大库书架上找到了一本用小牛皮装订的善本书,翻开一看,居然是16世纪法国神学家加尔文于1536年发表的《基督教原理》英译本(TheInstitution of Christian Religion)。正是这本书的出版使得加尔文在当时的西欧宗教改革运动中成为了新教的权威发言人。该书的英译本是于1565年在英国北部的爱丁堡出版的,这么早出版的西文收在国内可以说是极为罕见的,即使在英国本土也能称得上是一部难得的珍本,仔细观察这本书的扉页,我们可以看到前人用钢笔留下的几行草书笔迹,在红色的“北京大学图书馆之章”下面,还端端正正地盖着一上蓝色的椭圆形图章,那圆框内 I often go deep into the library of Peking University Library to find some interesting Western instruments. In a casual way, I actually found a rare book stitched in calfskin on the dusty large library shelves, which was opened in 1536 by the 16th-century French theologian Calvin “The Christian Principle” English translation (TheInstitution of Christianity). It was the publication of this book that made Calvin the authoritative spokesman for Protestantism during the Western Reformation of Western Europe. The English translation of the book was published in Edinburgh, in the north of England in 1565. The early publication of the Western collection was extremely rare in the country and even rare in the UK Looking at the title page of the book, we can see a few lines of cursive handwriting left behind by our predecessors. In the red “Peking University Library Chapter”, we also cover the blue Oval stamp, that round box