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Die Bibel oder die ganze Heilige Schrift des Alten und Neuen Testaments auch der deutschen Uebersetzung D. Martin Luthers. The Bible or the Complete Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments after the German Translation of Martin Luther
182754126Philadelphia: J. G. Ritter 1827. Hardcover. Good. Two parts thick octavo. VIII 1096; 328. Old Testament and Apocrypha paginated continuously; collective title page; New Testament with separate full title page. Text in two columns. Contemporary calf rubbed; spine with raised bands gilt title. Wear at spine cap some loss 3/4 inch at spine tail. Light dampstain at bottom margin; mild foxing throughout somewhat heavier at final 50 leaves. A good complete copy.<br /> <br /> Rare early nineteenth-century edition of the Bible in Luther's German translation published in Pennsylvania. Apart from the 1828 New Testament very few copies of any of the Luther Bible editions published by Johann Georg Ritter 1772-1840 at Philadelphia between 1826 and 1829 survive. In his 1893 pioneering work The First Century of German Printing in America Oswald Seidensticker locates no complete Luther Bibles and only two editions of the New Testament which were published by Ritter in 1826 304 pages and 1828 541 pages. These were of course often bound with the Old Testament along with their full title-page. The 1828 New Testament is the only portion of Ritter's biblical editions that is widely held in institutional libraries. Expanding upon the work of Seidensticker the editors of The first Century of German Language Printing in the United States of America 1989 assign only four Luther Bible editions Old and New Testaments bound together to Ritter one in 1827 and three in 1829. OCLC however locates Luther Bible editions published by Ritter in all four years between 1826 and 1829. A careful comparison of the paginations reveals that Ritter's Luther Bibles appeared in several variants. The 1827 edition was re-issued in 1829 as a "Zweyte Auflage" with 20 additional pages of preparatory material immediately preceding the Old Testament. Variants of the present edition also appeared in which the Apocrypha 160 pages was separately paginated. Some surviving copies lack the Apocrypha and only contain the 936 pages of the Old Testament. Our careful review of OCLC locates only sixteen surviving copies of Ritter's Luther Bibles containing both the Old and New Testaments published between 1826 and 1829. Twenty-four copies of the separately bound 1828 New Testament have survived as well. The only two copies of our 1827 edition have been located: the University of Waterloo and the Wurttembergische Landesbibliothek. The results of our census are appended below.<br /> <br /> Johann Georg Ritter appears to have begun his career in Reading Pennsylvania where he printed two German-language works for the firm of William M'Carty and Davis in Philadelphia: Geschichte des americanischen Kriegs von 1812 1817; Hoch-Deutsches reformirtes A B C-und Namen-Büchlein für Kinder welche anfangen zu lernen 1818. He later moved to Philadelphia and set up his own shop Der Deutsche-europäischen Buch- und Kunsthandlung. Sammlung religiöser deutscher Gesaenge which he edited along with J. G. Schmauk was published in 1824 and has been tentatively attributed to Ritter after his move to Philadelphia; Karl Rudolph Demme's Letzte ehre des Christlichen Predigers in einer Christlichen Gemeine Philadelphia 1825 is the earliest work to appear under his imprint. He catered chiefly to the German-speaking Reformed community with religious works sermons and elementary school texts. He briefly published in 1825 a periodical edited by Johann Carl Gossler Philadelphier Magazin für Freunde der deutschen Literatur in Amerika.<br /> <br /> Provenance: Stamp of Library of United Theological Seminary at title. Full title and imprint: Die Bibel oder die ganze Heilige Schrift des Alten und Neuen Testaments auch der deutschen Uebersetzung D. Martin Luthers. Mit stehenden Lettern. Philadelphia in der Deutsch-europäischen Buch- und Kunsthandlung von J. G. Ritter 1827. New Testament title: Das Neue Testament unsers Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi verteutscht von Dr. Martin Luther. Mit stehender Schrift. Philadelphia in der Deutsche-europäischen Buch- und Kunsthandlung von J. G. Ritter 1827.<br /> <br /> Refences: O. Seidensticker The First Century of German printing in America 1728-1830 Philadelphia 1893; Bötte & Tannhof The First Century of German Language printing in the United States of America vol. 2 1808 - 1830 cf. nos. 2878; 3044; 3045; 3046. Not in Darlow & Moule.<br /> <br /> INVENTORY<br /> <br /> •Die Bibel oder Die ganze Heilige Schrift des Alten und Neuen Testaments New Testament with separate title page<br /> <br /> 1826 - xii 868 304 pages 18 cm - Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library<br /> "New Testament has special t.p.: Das Neue Testament Unsers Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi verteutscht von D. Martin Luther."<br /> <br /> 1826 - 2 volumes in 1 19 cm - Pennsylvania State Univ; Brigham Young Univ UT<br /> "New Testament has special t.p. and separate paging."<br /> <br /> 1827 - viii 1096; 328 pages - Wurttembergische Landesbibliothek - OUR EDITION<br /> <br /> 1827 - viii 1096; 328 pages 22 cm - Univ of Waterloo Libr CA ON - OUR EDITION<br /> <br /> 1827 2 Aufl. - viii 936; 328 pages 22 cm - Baker Univ KS; American Bible Soc Libr PA <br /> "Zweyte Auflage. Mit stehenden Lettern."/ Spine title: Biblia./ The Holy Bible in German./ The New Testament has special title page and pagination: Das Neue Testament unsers Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi./ Bound in brown leather tan end papers sprinkled red edge brass clasps missing title in gold on spine./ Text printed in verse form double column single rule down center of page. Chapter summaries in smaller type references between verses." N.B.: Our researches indicate this copy lacks Aprocrypha = 160 pages probably separately paginated as Hillsdale 1829 edition below.<br /> <br /> 1827 - viii 1557 3 462 p. - Bethel Coll Libr N Newton KS; American Antiquarian Soc Libr MA; United Theog Seminary Libr OH; Library of Virginia<br /> "The New Testament 462 p. has separate title page./ Printed in two columns./ "Die Propheten nebst den Büchern so man Apocrypha nennet verdeutscht durch D. Martin Luther."-- Page 965-1557. Shoemaker 28112; Bötte & Tannhof German printing 2878."<br /> <br /> 1828 20. Aufl. - viii 936; 328 pages 22 cm - Univ. of Virginia<br /> N.B.: Our researches indicate this copy lacks Aprocrypha = 160 pages probably separately paginated as Hillsdale copy 1829 edition below.<br /> <br /> 1828 - 1324 462 pages 23 cm - Buffalo & Erie Cnty Pub Libr Rare Books NY; Calvin Col and Theol Seminary MI<br /> "New Testament has special t.p. and separate paging."<br /> <br /> 1829 2 Aufl. - 2 20 1096 x 328 pages 23 cm 2 Aufl. - Univ of Waterloo Libr CA ON<br /> <br /> 1829 Zweyte Aufl. mit stehenden Lettern. 23 cm - viii 336 i.e. 936 160 328 pages ; 23 cm - Hillsdale Coll. Mossey Libr MI<br /> "Apocrypha and New Testament each have special t.p./ Apocrypha has publication date 1829; New Testament has publication date 1828."<br /> <br /> <br /> •Das Neue Testament unsers Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi <br /> <br /> 1826 - 304 pages 18 cm - Kansas City Pub Libr MO; Webster Eden Libr MO; Franklin & Marshall Col PA; German Soc of Pennsylvania Horner Libr<br /> <br /> 1827 - 462 pages 23 cm - New York Pub Libr<br /> <br /> 1828 Neue Aufl. - 542 pages 8vo - Universiteit Goettingen<br /> longer title page text: . Mit kurzem Inhalt eines jeden Capitels und vollständiger Anweisung gleicher Schriftquellen ; Wie auch aller Sonn- und Festtägigen Evangelien und Episteln.<br /> <br /> 1828 Neue Auflage - 542 p. 18 cm - American Antiquarian Soc Libr MA<br /> Shoemaker 32318; Bötte & Tannhof German Printing 2970<br /> <br /> 1828 New ed. - 542 pages - Univ of Ontario Group; Univ of Toronto Thomas Fischer Rare Book <br /> "mit kurzem Inhalt eines jeden Capitels und vollständige Anweisunggleicher Schriftstellen wie auch aller Sohn- und Festtägigen Evangelien und Episteln."<br /> <br /> 1828 - 542 pages 19 cm - 20 Libraries 19 US; 1 CA<br /> "Text printed in double column verse form single rule down center of page title centered across top of both pages. Chapter summaries in matching type references after verses. mit kurzem Inhalt eines jeden Capitels und vollständiger Anweisung gleicher Schriftstellen wie auch aller Sonn- und Festtägigen Evangelien und Episteln. J. G. Ritter hardcover
