Luther

1813 · 1150221.14 — Gedruckt und zu finden bey Friedrich Goeb Somerset Pa. 1813. Die erste Auflage. Hardcover. Good. Large 4to hardcover no dj. First Bible printed in America west of the Alleghenies. Old Testament Apocrypha and New Testament bound together as one volume; text printed in two columns in German Gothic typeface. Bound in original full brown leather over wooden boards 5 raised bands at spine lacking any spine lettering; original closing clasps partially present. Good condition. Prev. owner's inscription on front endpaper. Moderate foxing throughout darkening dampstain to margins of closing 40 pages not affecting legibility; contents clean no markings pages supple w/ no brittleness; mild edge nicks only to front & rear endpapers. Leather shows darkened speckling chipping across top edge of rear cover very beginnings of a split/crack down rear edge of spine no loosening to board; binding & hinges firm with only front endpaper just barely beginning to loosen. The Apocrypha and the New Testament have separate pagination: 527 66 169 pp. with 2-page appendix in rear "Anweisung der sonn- und festtaglichen Episteln und Evangelien durch das ganze Jahr" and "Episteln und Evangelien der Aposteltage und etlicher anderer Feste welche an einigien Orten gefeiert werden." New Testament with separate title page: "Das Neue Testament unsers Herrn and Heilandes Jesu Christi verdeutscht von Dr. Martin Luther." Gedruckt und zu finden bey Friedrich Goeb, Somerset, [Pa.] hardcover