Biblia, Das ist: die gantze Heilige Schrifft, deß Alten u. Neuen Testaments ... von Herrn Doctor Martin Luther... Samt e. Vorrede Herrn Johann Michael Dilherrns by (Bible) - 1747

Philadelphia: Kimber und Scharpless, 1828. Full Leather. Very Good binding. A Luther Bible, with 40 "excellent plates" called for, of which 39 appear to be present. Some plates are numbered and some are not, but the numbered plates appear to skip from plate 30 to plate 32 (though there is no evidence of excision) With a separate title page for "Das Neue Testament", and a two blank leaves with elaborate borders of "Familien Register"between the testaments. 932 pages; bound in mottled calf with raised bands and morocco label; lacking the leather clasps. Very Good binding.

Zwickau: Höfersche Buchdruckerey, 1806. ... auch einem Verzeichniß der biblischen Capitel und Stellen, welche in den Schulen gelesen werden können, und einem Register zur Erklärung der schwersten Worte und Redensarten, welche in der Bibel vorkommen; (8 S.) Vorrede, (12 Bl.) Register, 1152 S., 316 S., (2 Bl.); mit einer Vorrede von D. Johann Georg Rosenmüller, Superintendent in Leipzig; im NT fehlen die Ss. 5 - 12 (= 4 Bll.); Vorsatz mit Altem Besitzerstempel, teils etwas fingerfleckig, kleinere äussere Läsuren, enger Beschnitt, kein Textverlust, die letzten beiden Bll. mit ergänzten Fehlstellen, hier etwas Textverlust, stabiles Expl.. Leder. Befriedigend. 17,4 cm.

Nürnberg, Lorenz Bieling für Friedrich Wilhelm Geyer 1739.. BIBEL 8°. Gest. Frontisp. (mit einer kl. Ansicht von Nürnberg), gest. Titel, Drucktitel (rot u. schwarz), 19 nn. Bll. (Vorrede Mörls u. Luthers, Augsburger Confession), 520 num. Bll.; gest. Titel (NT), 161 num. Bll. (einschl. Drucktitel u. Luthers Vorrede zum NT), 6 nn Bll. (Register). Mit e. Porträt v. Mörl auf Taf. (Nunzer sc.) u. zus. 118 (dav. 1 doppelbl.gr.) Kupfertafeln. Stummer Lederband d. Zeit auf 5 Bünden mit Streicheisenverz., umseitiger und randpunzierter Schnitt. Berieben, Rückenleder an beiden Kapitalen schadhaft, kl. Wappenstemp. auf Vorsatz, angeplatzter Falz laienhaft geklebt, verso Front. Eintrag (Bleistift) eines Vorbesitzer zu seiner Familiengeschcihte, durchgeh. mit Randläsuren u., Griffspuren. Vgl. Panzer. Geschichte d. Nürnbergischen Ausgabe der Bibel LXI, S. 215 f. (hier EA von 1725); Meusel. Verst. Teutsche Schriftsteller 217ff. - Reich illustrierte Oktav-Bibel "zum bequemen Gebrauch in Kirchen und Schulen… Read More

Reading: Gottlob Jungmann, 1805. Full leather. The first German Bible printed in America outside of Philadelphia. One page repaired with silver tape, some text lost as a result. Page 459-462 detached but present. Heavy foxing, damp-stains, some mildew. End papers and blanks are wormed and torn. Full leather cover is edgeworn and peeling.[6], 1008, [2], 277, [3] pages.

Nuremberg: Peter Conrad Monath, 1730. Octavo. 17, 1120, 320. Very rare. Only two recorded copies of the Morl edition (Erlangen, Nuremberg); none on OCLC. Second corrected edition. Introduction by Gustav Philipp Morl (1673-1750), Doring notes in The Learned Theologians of Germany in the 18th and 19th Centuries was important both for his studies in Descartes as well as Confessional Theology. In the four page introduction he notes that Nuremberg is fortunate in this time. There is a pastedown of showing Jesus examining the 10 Commandments (though the fifth apparently is missing from the tables) and below is a panorama of the city. The other endpaper has a full page of Professor Morl (the same as in the NYPL digital collection of famous personages). The following preliminaries list the entire Augsburg Confession (it was the 200 anniversary of its first appearance). A very nice copy in original full leather binding with only a small 1/2" tear at bottom of spine.. Both title pages of Old and New Testament… Read More

Nürnberg, Germany: Johann Andrea Endterischen, 1788. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 11" x 15 3/4. GOOD / NO DUST JACKET. In German.1181 pp + index. Includes Old and New Testaments and Apocrypha. Text clean and unmarked . Pages tanned, minor foxing and soiling throughout. Title-page in red and black with engraved vignette. Illustrated with full-page engraving of Martin Luther seated at his desk, eleven full-page engravings of the Dukes of Saxony, six full-page engravings of biblical persons and events, and numerous text illustrations throughout. Brown leather over wooden boards, with blindstamped decoration, panelled spine, metal corners with one of the original eight corners missing. Boards scuffed and worn, edges rubbed, top of spine frayed. Two metal clasps remain, one detached, leather straps originally attached to back fore edge missing. Binding intact and stable.

Nürnberg: Johann Andreä Endterischen Handlung, 1788. Hardcover. Elephant folio, [98], 1181, [23] pages; Fair; bound in period blind-tooled vellum covered boards, hardened leather spine with metal rivets, metal corners to boards; moderate wear and rubbing to binding, peeling to edges, small glue repair to spine; most of the straps gone, remnants of claps present; first frontispiece and title page detached, damaged with parts entirely missing; foxing and age-toning throughout; With 20 full-page plates: 2 frontispieces, 12 portraits, and 6 biblical scenes; Title page in red and black lettering; illustrated with approximately 200 4 x 7" in-text partial-page woodcuts; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1330242. Special Collections.

Frankfurt Leipzig: Heinrich Ludwig Bronner, 1815. ... und auserlesenen richtigen Schriftstellen; Unter Aufsicht eines Hoch-Ehrwürdigen Ministerii zu Frankfurt am Mayn, und wie die heilige Schrift zur Erbauung zu lesen, D. Johann Philipp Fresenii, jetzt gemeldeten Ministerii Senioris, auf das sorgfältigste zum Neunzehntenmal ausgefertigt; 1815/1814/1839; (7 Bl.),784, 138, 275, 576 S.; mit Kupferfrontispiz; miteingebunden Apokryphen, sowie Evangelisches Gesang-Buch, herausgegeben nach den Beschlüssen der Synoden von Jülich, Cleve, Berg und von der Grafschaft Mark, 1839 Elberfeld, bei Sam. Lucas; Pappband der Zeit, versilberte oder silberne Ecken u. desgl. funktionierende dekorative Schliesse, diese innen gepunzt 'S' u. graviert 'CP 1818', rundum ornamentierter Goldschnitt, Vorsätze aus geprägtem Papier; fliegendes Blatt mit altem langem Besitzervermerk von 1821, Buchhändlermarkette; beide Rückengelenke angeplatzt, Kanten berieben, Block sehr gut,… Read More

Nurnberg: In Verlegung Der Johann Andrea Endterischen Bandlung, 1788. Blind-stamped covers over wooden boards. Panelled spine. Three of the metal clasps remain, but without the catches. Title-page in red and black with engraved vignette. Full-page engraving of Martin Luther seated at his desk. Eleven full-page engravings of the Dukes of Saxony, each with a facing page of biography. Six full-page engravings of biblical persons and events. Numerous text illustrations throughout. Pages show some browning at periphery with light to moderate foxing. Four of these Bibles have sold at auction in the past 25 years. Worldcat shows twelve libraries worldwide with a listing. A well-preserved reprint edition of the Martin Luther Bible printed in 1534. Martin Luther (1483-1546) began translating the Bible into German in 1521. His reasoning was to make the Bible more accessible to all the Germanic people. He used Erasmus' second edition (1519) of the Greek New Testament rather than the Vulgate which was the… Read More

Lancaster, PA: Johann Bar, 1819. original calf over wooden boards, six raised bands. Bibles. folio. original calf over wooden boards, six raised bands. (x), 100, 12, (iv), 738, 26, blank, 227, (1), 92 pages. Nach der Deutschen Uebersetzung von Doctor Martin Luther. Mit lehrreichen Vorreden, ... Nebst dem Dritten Buch der Maccabaer, und Zugabe des Dritten und Vierten Buchs Esra. The First German Folio Bible Printed in the United States of America. Wright 154. Lacks the metal clasps, occasional foxing and insignificant stains, tear in register last leaf has been professionally mended. Very minor dampstaining throughout. Front free endpaper has some holes along the gutter. An exceptionally fine copy that includes the Apocrypha. With entries of Jacob Good Family 1822, 1845, written on the blank that precedes the New Testament. Illustrated with a frontispiece of Moses and the Ten Commandments, also one in the New Testament of the Nativity, both engraved by Jas. Henry. Of considerable interest is the… Read More