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176332387Germantown PA: Christoph Saur 1763. Thick quarto. 4 992 277 3pp. Printed in two columns. Expert restoration repairing tears with minor losses to OT 2 and A1 and NT A2 and Mm4. Contemporary calf over bevelled wooden boards early marbled endpapers rebacked to style spine with raised bands in six compartments<br/> <br/> The second Saur bible: the second edition of the first bible in a European language to be published in America.<br/> <br/> Sauer's text of the Luther translation was largely based on the Halle Bible but with the addition of the appendix to the Apocrypha with books 3 and 4 Esdras and 3 Maccabees supplied from the Berlenburg version. When first published in 1743 Saur's bible was the first bible in a European language to be published in America and just the second Bible printed in America after John Eliot's Indian Bibles of the 1660s. The present edition rumored to have been issued in 2000 copies was printed by Christopher Saur II son of Christoph Saur the elder.<br/> <br/> Arndt The First Century of German Language Printing in the United States of America 269; Darlow & Moule 4240; Evans 9343; Hildeburn 1877; O'Callaghan p. 25; Sabin 5192; Wright Early Bibles of America pp. 28-50. Christoph Saur unknown
17910005591Worcester & Boston: Isaiah Thomas 1791. First edition. Hardcover. Good. With two of the 50 copperplate engravings from the folio edition plates 29 & 48. Royal quarto 1310 pages contemporary blindstamped full sheep repaired joints and head and foot spine panels replaced and with new endpapers; The frontispiece has been tipped-in on the new endpaper; rear cover very scuffed foxing and spots throughout edgeworn <br /> <br /> a few minor marginal tears and chips some leaves imperfectly sewn in. The Family Record leaves have extensive handwritten notes of the families of Gen. Joseph Badger Jr. Signed by him of Gilmanton Belmont NH father of Gov. Wm. Badger 1834-36. & Charles Jacobs of Gilmanton. <br/><br/>Isaiah Thomas whom Benjamin Franklin called 'the Baskerville of America' was one of the notable publishers during the early days of the Republic.He made every effort to ensure accuracy of the text by comparing some thirty different editions and having the text carefully examined by several clergymen and others who compared it with eight Bibles - Herbert 1353." The First Illustrated Bible printed in America is the 1791 folio Bible by Isaiah Thomas "The most sumptuous American Bible of the eighteenth century" : thus this quarto-sized version of that work is the Second Illustrated Bible printed in America and the first Royal Quarto Bible in English published in American both editions were announced as "completed" on the same date altho vol. 2 of the folio was still in progress. Rumball-Petre 172; Sabin 5173 variant; O'Callaghan pp. 40-42; Hills 30. Evans 23185 states that some copies were issued with no Concordance and 48 additional plates. This state however has only two copperplates as frontispieces of the 50 copperplate engravings from the folio edition plates 29 & 48 . Included are 200 pages of Tables Apocrypha and Family Records Index etc. The subscription price was $7 but half the price could be paid in wheat rye Indian corn butter or pork! It is believed that 1500 copies of each format were printed. "The two Thomas Bibles of 1791 were without doubt far in advance of any other publications of the same kind that had appeared in America in point of typography excellence of paper binding and general execution - Wright EARLY BIBLES OF AMERICA." Isaiah Thomas hardcover
1769373151Germantown PA: Christoph Saur 1769. 5293pp. 12mo. Contemporary speckled calf covers ruled in blind spine with raised bands brass hinges and clasps minor wear along front joint. Provenance: Abraham de Türck printed book label inserted between the front endpapers. 5293pp. 12mo. German translation of the New Testament printed in Germantown by Christopher Saur the younger. Famous for their quarto bibles in German of 1743 1763 and 1776 the Saur father and son also issued the New Testament separately in smaller format in 1745 1755 1760 1761 1764 1769 and 1775.<br /> <br /> The present example with a unique added leaf preceding the front blank being a printed bookplate within an elaborate typographic border indicating that the owner Abraham de Türck had received the book from his grandfather Johannes Hoch in 1772. Evans 11181; ESTC W4533; Bötte 366 Christoph Saur unknown
1792374643Philadelphia: W. Young 1792. Text in two columns. 1170pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf rebacked at an early date upper cover detached worn. Provenance: General Theological Seminary perforated stamps bookplate other markings. Paper box. Text in two columns. 1170pp. 12mo. A rare early American bible advertised as the "first American pocket bible" being Young's second edition of the bible complete with metrical psalms following his edition from a different setting of 1790 Evans 22345; Hills 25. That bible was advertised for sale by Young in Dunlap's American Daily Advertise in May 1791 as "lately published" at the price of "6-1/2 dollars cash and 7 if entered on account." Although both that bible and the present edition are duodecimo the former is larger in both height and width and the 1791 advertisement continues by noting that "An edition of the Bible in pocket size is now in the press." The present Bible would be advertised in Philadelphia newspapers in September and October 1792 as "now in the press the first American edition of the Pocket Bible . printed on fine paper with good type." <br /> <br /> Small-format American bibles published less than a decade after the Aitken bible are rare and this would appear to be the smallest bible in English published in America to date. Hills 32; Evans 23183; ESTC W4493 W. Young unknown
1771373724Boston: Printed by William M'Alpine for and sold by John Perkins in Union-Street near the market 1771. Title within ornamental border. 159 1pp. Trimmed close with some loss along the fore-edge. 8vo. Contemporary calf rebacked. Expert restoration. Title within ornamental border. 159 1pp. Trimmed close with some loss along the fore-edge. 8vo. ETSC records only two examples of this issue AAS and NYPL. Evans 11987; ESTC W4709; Welch 1072.27 Printed [by William M'Alpine] for and sold by John Perkins, in Union-Street, near the market unknown
175532488-488Zurich Conrad Orell and Comp. 1755-56. With 2 engr. figured frontispieces and 1 large head-piece by Johann Rudolf Holzhalb; inserted are 150 and 100 num. engr. plates by Weigel after Luyken from his "Celebriores Veteris Novi Testamenti iconibus" 1712. 8 leaves 22 pp. "Heilsamer Unterricht" 6 leaves index 292 130 pp. 1 leaf 146 recte 144 pp.; title 182 66 118 pp. 371 pp. Folio. Contemp. calf spines in 6 compartments with 2 labels some skilful repairs to corners and spine ends somewhat rubbed. Zurich Conrad Orell and Comp. 1755-56. First edition of the so-called "Ulrich-Bibel" an important new version of the Zurich bible. The editor was pastor at Grossmüster and was close to Pietism. This edition is one of the most carefully edited Bibles and comes with regard to the beauty of the printing close to that of Froschauer's publication. The text is based on the 1667 and 1724 editions; it was revised and adapted to the more wide-spread use of modern high German. Johann Caspar Ulrich 1705-1768 was in charge under the supervision of the Church Council. In the "Kurze Anzeige" at the beginning Johann Konrad Nüscheler gives a bibliography of Zurich bibles. Together with Johann Rudolf Ziegler he was also involed in the text revision. Illustrations were not originally planned but since many buyers regretted the lack of images as they were used in the Froschauer bibles so the publisher offered illustrations separately for sale which are often different to those in this present copy. The two pompous frontispieces by J. H. Holzhalb and the large head-piece to the dedication are original parts of the edition. In addition this copy is embellished with the engravings of Christian Weigel after Jan and Caspar Luyken originally published at Nuremberg as a plate work mounted and inserted. Each plate bears a four-line Latin and German epigram by the poet Samuel Faber 1657-1716 beneath the image. - Lacking Weigel's engr. title and plate 37 in the Old Testament and plates 101-108 in the New Testament. - Old name on flyleaf in vol. II occasional light browning or foxing some thumbing in margins on the whole a very nice set. - Lüthi Bibel in der Schweiz 15 2 incomplete copies; Mezger 258f. in detail; Bibelsammlung Würt. LB E 1475; Leemann-van Elck Buchschmuck der Zürcher Bibeln 100f.; the same Bibelsammlung im Grossmünster 36; not in Darlow/Moule. BIBLES ; BIBELN RELIGION ; Zurich, Conrad Orell and Comp. unknown
1791373974Worcester: Isaiah Thomas 1791. First Edition. 2 engraved plates complete. 1310pp. Separate OT and NT titles. The family register between the Apocrypha and NT accomplished by Thomas and Lydia Newton Bond. Royal quarto. Contemporary calf spine with raised bands ruled in gilt on either side of each band. Foxing and toning front endpaper detached. First Edition. 2 engraved plates complete. 1310pp. Separate OT and NT titles. The family register between the Apocrypha and NT accomplished by Thomas and Lydia Newton Bond. Royal quarto. "The two Thomas Bibles of 1791 were without doubt far in advance of any other publications of the same kind that had appeared in America in point of typography excellence of paper binding and general execution" Wright Early American Bibles pages 74-88. <br /> <br /> Thomas' quarto bible was published in three distinct issues: with 2 copperplates only i.e. frontispieces to the Old and New Testaments as here; with two copperplates and John Brown's 89-page concordance in the rear; and the rarest and most deluxe form with 48 copperplates and the concordance.<br /> <br /> A very difficult edition to find in a contemporary unsophisticated binding. Evans 23185; Hills 30; ESTC W4496 Isaiah Thomas unknown
172755069London: printed by John Baskett. and by the Assigns of Henry Hills decease'd 1727. Later edition. Hardcover. Very good. Three parts folio in fours 38 by 24 cm. 380 23 3 table pp; text in two columns. Additional engraved title page; main title in red and black; woodcut initials and ornaments. Contemporary two-tone paneled calf triple-ruled in gilt; spine with raised bands elaborately tooled in gilt morocco lettering piece; gilt inner dentelles; marbled endleaves; all edges gilt. Covers very lightly scuffed with mild traces of wear at extremities; upper joint just starting at top; occasional touches of mild mostly marginal foxing. A very good or better copy complete and handsomely bound.<br /> <br /> An uncommon and beautifully printed edition of the Book of Common Prayer "the first single manual of worship in a vernacular language directed to be used universally by and common to both priest and people" Carter and Muir. Despite early revisions and some major alterations following the Restoration the original simplicity of the language has been presevered the text remaining substantially unaltered since 1662. References: ESTC N67554 locates only 4 copies. Cf. Carter & Muir Printing and the Mind of Man 75 ed. 1549. Collation: pi1 a-c4 A-Aaa4 Bbb2 = 203 leaves. printed by John Baskett... and by the Assigns of Henry Hills, decease'd hardcover
17152008180153Amsterdam London : Printed in the year 1715 1715. Hardcover. Acceptable. Colonial Maryland Bible: Curson / Moale / Hoffman / Lord Families of Baltimore Thick folio; 40.8 x 24.5 cm 16 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches. Extremely worn contemporary leather binding. Binding rebacked. Toning staining. Text printed in two columns. 6 engraved maps by Joseph Moxon: "Map of all the Earth"; "Paradise or the Garden of Eden"; "Israel's Peregrination"; "Jerusalem"; "Canaan The Land of Promise"; and "The Travels of St. Paul and other the Apostles". Chip missing from margin of engraved frontispiece title. Title margin stained. Final two leaves list of tables have loss at the fore-edge entering into the text. "Folio King James Version with Geneva notes likely printed at Amsterdam" Herbert 936; ESTC T82272; Darlow & Moule 936. <br> Provenance: This book was in the Curzon family and their descendants for more than 250 years. There are extensive genealogical information including 28 hand written entries over multiple generations on the Apocraypha title page. The entries begin with Richard Curson 1726-1805 and Elizabeth Becker 1731-1787. Richard was an English emigrant to colonial New York who became a prominent merchant banker and patriot buried Old Saint Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery in Baltimore. The Cursons were sympathetic to the American Revolution and fled the British occupation of New York City for Baltimore. Additional note: His granddaughter was the first American-born Catholic Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton 1774-1821. Richard Jr. continued his father's wine trade and outfitted eight of his ships as privateers during the Revolution. Ownership passed then to Richard Jr.'s daughter Elizabeth Curson d. 1880 who married Samuel Hoffman. Includes the records of Richard Curzon Hoffman a Confederate officer in the Twenty-first Virginia Volunteer Infantry Stonewall Jackson's Second Brigade 1861-1865. The final genealogical entry is for Eliza Lawrence Hoffman b. 1891. Later the book passed to Henrietta Mactier Hoffman who married Walter Lord Sr. Early signature of Ellin Moale Curson and others. Bookplate of the author Walter Lord. John Walter Lord Jr. 1917-2002 was a noted author of more than 12 books including an account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic "A Night to Remember." Includes some related Baltimore ephemera. Lord died without issue and this Bible passed out of the family's hands after his death. Later owned by Frances Tower Thacher a descendant of the Vanderbilt family. Further note: Tucked into an old piece of paper is a four-leaf clover I have not tested its luck but it may still yield fortuitous qualities. [Amsterdam] [London] : Printed in the year 1715 hardcover
1738059293London: Printed by John Baskett printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty MDCCXXXVIII. Engravings Printed By H. Parsons 1738. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Folio - 16 x 11 Inches Tall. 200 Engravings Printed By H. Parsons. LONDON : 1738. 200 Engravings Printed By H. Parsons Scarce large folio Bible. Original tooled binding with engravings. Double-column text. Engraved title-page; printed general title-page; Apocrypha; NT title-page; 'printed by John Baskett and by the assigns of Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills deceas'd.'. Psalms to rear with title-page dated 1735. Hardback. With 200 Engravings printed by H. Parsons. Engraved portrait of King George II. Contemporary full black Morocco-leather; later re-spine in matching leather. Raised bands. Elaborate gilt decoration to covers; spine gilt and blind tooled; gilt lettered label. Dated in gilt to spine foot. Gilt dentelles. Original marbled end-papers. Armorial bookplate. Neat family-tree of the Swinburn family to NT title-verso from 1835-1868. No internal markings. A few pages with old insect holes to inner margin. Tight bright and clean. Minor foxing and minor wear only. Collated complete; text and all engravings present. A beautifully printed and bound Bible. Well-preserved with delightful full-page of engravings interspersed throughout. VERY GOOD INDEED. Referenced by: Herbert A.S. Engl. Bible 1038. Referenced by: ESTC T090355. 'Price One Pound Five Shillings Unbound' to title-page. JOHN BASKETT 1665-1742 was the king's printer. His sons Thomas and Robert and grandson by the latter Mark were also engaged in the press. The first Bible printed by 'the assigns of Newcomb and Hills' appeared in 1710 and the name of John Baskett was first added to theirs upon a New Testament in 1712. Baskett began to print the Book of Common Prayer in the following year when he brought out editions in quarto octavo and 12mo. He was made master of the Company of Stationers in 1714 and again in 1715. Four editions of the Bible folio quarto octavo and duodecimo appeared with his imprint in 1715. His next publication was an edition in two volumes imperial folio printed at Oxford the Old Testament in 1717 and New Testament in 1716 a work of great typographical beauty styled by Dibdin 'the most magnificent' of the Oxford Bibles. It is known as 'The Vinegar Bible' from an error in the headline of St. Luke ch. xx. which reads 'The parable of the vinegar' instead of 'The parable of the vineyard.' It is so carelessly printed that it was at once named 'A Baskett-full of printers' errors'. This edition has none the Baskett's previous errors. SCARCE. 3 copies held in the UK only the Glasgow copy has the engravings: National Library of Scotland; University of Cambridge; & University of Glasgow. Large Folio; approx. 16 x 11 x 3.5 inches. HEAVY; Extra postage required. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. Rosley Books for Antiquarian books Cumberland Everyman Keswick Inklings Literature MacDonald Rarities Theology and History. . Printed by John Baskett printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty MDCCXXXVIII. Engravings Printed By H. Parsons . The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments. GIANT FOLIO. Contemporary tooled binding. SCARCE <br/> <br/> Printed by John Baskett, printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, MDCCXXXVIII. [ Engravings Printed By H. Parsons ] hardcover
1758AQ32529Dublin: Printed by Boulter Grierson printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty 1758. 1296pp bound with the Apocrypha which follows a separate register A-I8 K4; title page is engraved with a divisional NT title. With a charming manuscript gift inscription see below dated 1767 to verso the final leaf of Apocrypha and a neat manuscript correction to PP4r. ESTC T91957. Herbert 1123. Bound with: PSALTER - BRADY N. TATE N. A New Version of the psalms of david Fitted to the tunes used in churches. Dublin. Printed by Boulter Grierson Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty 1759. 80pp. ESTC T90715. 8vo. Beautifully bound in richly gilt-tooled nineteenth-century burgundy morocco. A.E.G with elaborate diced gauffering to edges decorated paper endpapers and a leather book-label of Frances Maria Preston dated 1850 to FEP. Slightly rubbed to extremities a couple of indentations to upper board else a fine copy. A particularly choice copy handsomely presented and in remarkably fresh condition of the first edition of the Bible to be printed in Dublin by Hugh Boulter Grierson d.1771 who had inherited the patent that his half-brother George Grierson 1680–1753 had held since 1732. Boulter was later himself awarded a forty year patent in 1766. The lengthy gift inscription in opposite the New Testament title marks the feat of memory of a seven year old child the grandson of Revd. William Crowe b.1693 Church of Ireland priest Dean of Clonfert 1745-66. and reads as follows: The Gift of The Revd Dean Crowe to his Beloved Grand Child Emilia Evans which he gives her in Testimony of his Regard for her on account of her Sweetness of temper and Amiable Dispoition But Chiefly as A Reward for her Diligence & Progress in the Holy Scriptures Having got by Heart the First Seventeen Chapters of Proverbs Since the First of Last January This being the Seventh year of her age Augusth. the 24 1767. Willm. Crowe. . First Boulter Grierson edition. Printed by Boulter Grierson printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty hardcover
1738060528London: Printed by John Baskett printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty MDCCXXXVIII. Engravings Printed By H. Parsons 1738. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Folio - 16 x 11 Inches Tall. 200 Engravings Printed By H. Parsons. LONDON : 1738. 200 Engravings Printed By H. Parsons Scarce large folio Bible. Original tooled binding with engravings. Double-column text. Engraved title-page; printed general title-page; Apocrypha; NT title-page; 'printed by John Baskett and by the assigns of Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills deceas'd.'. Psalms to rear with title-page dated 1735. Hardback. With 200 Engravings printed by H. Parsons. Engraved portrait of King George II. Contemporary full black Morocco-leather; later re-spine in matching leather. Raised bands. Elaborate gilt decoration to covers; spine gilt and blind tooled; gilt lettered label. Dated in gilt to spine foot. Gilt dentelles. Original marbled end-papers. Armorial bookplate. Neat family-tree of the Swinburn family to NT title-verso from 1835-1868. No internal markings. A few pages with old insect holes to inner margin. Tight bright and clean. Minor foxing and minor wear only. Collated complete; text and all engravings present. A beautifully printed and bound Bible. Well-preserved with delightful full-page of engravings interspersed throughout. VERY GOOD INDEED. Referenced by: Herbert A.S. Engl. Bible 1038. Referenced by: ESTC T090355. 'Price One Pound Five Shillings Unbound' to title-page. JOHN BASKETT 1665-1742 was the king's printer. His sons Thomas and Robert and grandson by the latter Mark were also engaged in the press. The first Bible printed by 'the assigns of Newcomb and Hills' appeared in 1710 and the name of John Baskett was first added to theirs upon a New Testament in 1712. Baskett began to print the Book of Common Prayer in the following year when he brought out editions in quarto octavo and 12mo. He was made master of the Company of Stationers in 1714 and again in 1715. Four editions of the Bible folio quarto octavo and duodecimo appeared with his imprint in 1715. His next publication was an edition in two volumes imperial folio printed at Oxford the Old Testament in 1717 and New Testament in 1716 a work of great typographical beauty styled by Dibdin 'the most magnificent' of the Oxford Bibles. It is known as 'The Vinegar Bible' from an error in the headline of St. Luke ch. xx. which reads 'The parable of the vinegar' instead of 'The parable of the vineyard.' It is so carelessly printed that it was at once named 'A Baskett-full of printers' errors'. This edition has none the Baskett's previous errors. SCARCE. 3 copies held in the UK only the Glasgow copy has the engravings: National Library of Scotland; University of Cambridge; & University of Glasgow. Large Folio; approx. 16 x 11 x 3.5 inches. HEAVY; Extra postage required. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. London: Printed by John Baskett printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty MDCCXXXVIII. Engravings Printed By H. Parsons . The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments. GIANT FOLIO. Contemporary tooled binding. SCARCE <br/> <br/> Printed by John Baskett, printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, MDCCXXXVIII. [ Engravings Printed By H. Parsons ] hardcover
1790374001New York: Hugh Gaine 1790. 336pp. Text printed in two columns printer's device on the title. 12mo. Contemporary sheep minor wear. Tear to front endpaper else very good. 336pp. Text printed in two columns printer's device on the title. 12mo. The second NT printed in New York preceded only by the prior edition by Gaine dated 1789 known in but one extant example at NYPL and evidently from the same setting of type as this edition. The complete Bible was not published in New York until 1792. Evans 22359; Hills 27; ESTC W4679 Hugh Gaine unknown
172654196Berlenburg: n.p. 1726. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Eight volumes bound in four folio published between 1726 and 1742. All volumes with letterpress title page; sectional half titles; woodcut headpieces. Vol. 1 engraved frontispiece often not present here precedes vol. 7; appropriate engraved title leaves have been supplied from another German bible edition and inserted in vols. 1 3 4 and 5. Text in two columns. Contemporary calf over beveled wooden boards ruled in blind; spines with raised bands gilt morocco lettering pieces paper labels; marbled edges. Catches and clasps perished. Slight remains of paper labels. One volume with vertical crack through center of upper board else covers sound worn at extremities especially spine ends. Text with variable mild embrowning and light foxing occasional mild dampstains but overall clean. A good set complete and sturdily bound.<br /> <br /> Vol. 1 1726: 12 804 pp. - Vol. 2 1728: 8 880 pp. - Vol. 3 1730: 8; 784 pp. - Vol. 4 1732: 6 858 pp. - Vol. 5 1735: 8 820 pp. - Vol. 6 1737: 8 792 - Vol. 7 1739: 8 600 pp. - Vol. 8 1742: 4 556 44 index pp. with letterpress half-title: Der Berlenburgischen Bible Achter und Letzter Theil.<br /> <br /> First edition of this rigorous revision of Luther's version in the spirit of mystical Pietism edited by Johann Heinrich Haug d. 1753 and other scholars as is reflected in the main title: Welchem allem noch untermängt Eine Erklärung die den inneren Zustand des geistlichen Lebens oder die Wege und Wirckungen Gottes in der Seelen zu deren Reinigung Erleuchtung und Vereinigung mit Ihm zu erkennen gibt. Underlying everything is an explanation that reveals the inner state of the spiritual life or the ways and effects of God in in souls for their purification enlightenment and union with Him. A theologian and orientalist Haug was expelled from Strasburg for holding an assembly of Philadelphians and other mystic Separatists. He fled to the castle of Casimir Graf von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berlenburg which had become a refuge for radical pietiests. Remaining there until his death Haug directed a Philadelphian organization that extended throughout western Germany. "He is said to have been a man of great piety and charming personality and was regarded by Count Casimer as a prophet of God" Schaff-Herzog. <br /> <br /> "The new spirit of mystical Pietism. was fully revealed in the Marburg Bible 1712. The interpretation of type and prophecy in this follows the federal theology of Cocceius that of Canticles and Revelation Madame Guyon. It was the forerunner of a larger work in the same spirit the Berleburg Bible of 1726-42. projected and prepared chiefly by Johann Heinrich Haug. The text is a revision of Luther's with comparison of the English and French versions; the commentary reflects the views of the Philadelphian communities and quotes the mystical books current among them especially Madame Guyon's but its teaching goes back beyond Dippel and Petersen to Jakob Böhme or even to Origen in some points. It lacks unity of belief and of treatment; it is the work not of a single mystic giving voice to his inner convictions but of a propagandist sect with radical tendencies. It is not without value however from different points of view; it edifies by its continual application of Scriptural works to the spiritual life and it prepares the way for historical criticism by an appendix vol. 8 containing apocrypha Old and New Testament pseudepigrapha and postapostolic writings." Schaff-Herzog. Christopher Sauer the agent for the sale of the Berlenburg Bible in the United States used the text as a model for the first German-American Bible 1743.<br /> <br /> Provenance: Bookplates of United Brethren Historical Society Dayton Ohio. D&M 4239. Jackson S. M. ed. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge 1908 vol. 2 p. 157; vol. 5 p. 170.<br /> <br /> Main title and imprint vol. 1: Die Heilige Schrift Altes und Neues Testaments nach dem Grund-Text aufs neue übersehen und übersetzet: Nebst Einiger Erklärung des buchstäblichen Sinnes Wie auch der fürnehmsten Fürbildern und Weissagungen von Christo und seinem Reich und zugleich Einigen Lehren die auf den Zustand der Kirchen in unseren letzten Zeiten gerichtet sind; Welchem allem noch untermängt Eine Erklärung die den inneren Zustand des geistlichen Lebens oder die Wege und Wirckungen GOttes in der Seelen zu deren Reinigung Erleuchtung und Vereinigung mit Ihm zu erkennen gibt. Gedruckt zu Berlenburg im Jahr unsers Erlösers und Ursprungs der heiligen Schrifft JEsu Christi. [n.p.] hardcover
1797T22<p>Octavo approx. 7" x 4.5". 5 vols. Eighteenth century Pentateuch vocalized. Text in Hebrew in single column format. Commentary by Rashi. Title pages within borders. Occasional headpieces and ornaments. </p><p><strong>Collation: </strong>Genesis: 1 title 1-194 1-41 13 1-72 1-32; Exodus: lacks title 1-182 1-52 13 1-72 12 24 1-62; Leviticus: 1 title 1-124 1-42 51 13 1-72 1-54 62 72 84 91; Numbers: 1 title1-154 11-3113 1-72 12 24 32; Deuteronomy: 1 title 1-143 1-32 13 1-72 1-31. Exodus lacks title otherwise complete. </p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Rebound in quarter calf. Spines lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Accompanied by slipcase.</p><p><strong>Condition: </strong>Clean and bright. The second volume chipped at head and with some staining to lower gutter impacting up to five lines of text. </p><p><strong>Provenance: </strong>"Sara van Gelder Loewenstamm" to front endpaper of first volume. Collection of Tim Lutz.</p><p><strong>Note: </strong>The Proops family were a notable dynasty of Hebrew printers publishers and booksellers in Amsterdam. Solomon ben Yosef d. 1734 likely son of a printer began as a bookseller and in 1704 founded a Hebrew press producing liturgical works as well as texts on halakhah Kabbalah ethics and history. From 1715 his books carried advertisements and in 1730 he issued the first Hebrew sales catalogue.</p><p>After his death guardians and later his sons continued the press using his name until 1751. In 1785 Joseph Proops sold most stock to Kurzbeck of Vienna; his widow and sons printed on a smaller scale until 1812. Solomon ben Abraham Proops his grandson split in 1797 and worked independently until 1827.</p> Proops family of printers hardcover
1768ST12938Zurich: David Gessner 1768. 169 x 94 mm. 6 1/2 x 3 3/4". 272 64 214 of 215 pp. <br/> CONTEMPORARY PAINTED AND BLIND-TOOLED VELLUM DECORATED IN AN ELABORATE AND QUAINT STYLE covers with black and red starburst at center in a lobed red and green frame stamped with stars and tulips yellow cornerpieces stamped with a floral design smooth spine painted red and tooled in blind with flowers Dutch gilded endpapers all edges gilt. ◆Covers faintly soiled extremities lightly rubbed one leaf with two-inch portion torn away at fore margin costing small parts of five closely spaced staves of music occasional foxing of no great consequence; with some serious condition issues internally but an extremely pleasing example of a binding representing German folk art of the period.<br/> <br/> Although lacking the final leaf of text this volume is of considerable interest as an expertly made and decorated so-called "Peasant Binding" a colorful binding style that began in Hungary and spread through Germany the Netherlands and Scandinavia in the 18th century. The use of the word "peasant" in this context is a reference to the obvious influence of folk art on this decoration rather than to the clientele for which it was intended. Bibles prayer books and hymnals in the brightly painted and exuberantly decorated vellum bindings were popular wedding gifts among the bourgeoisie who were both literate and sufficiently affluent to afford such luxuries. David Gessner unknown
1714E5PG4KRQ75WSDordrecht: Jacob and Pieter Keur; Amsterdam Pieter Rotterdam and Pieter Rotterdam the younger colophon: printed by Jacob and Pieter Keur Dordrecht 1714. Contemporary blind-tooled calf over wooden boards with brass clasps anchor and catch plates and corner pieces. Large folio 42.5 x 27.5 cm. With engraved general title-page letterpress title-pages for the New Testament and Apocrypha and half-title for the Prophets a series of 6 engraved double-page folding maps by Daniël Stoopendaal his larger set and a series of 24 of 25 engrave plates with 6 engraved Biblical scenes each by Dirk Jonkman. 3 parts in 1 volume. Beautifully illustrated large folio Dutch States Bible Statenbijbel with 6 six maps including a world map. They belong to the larger of two series by Daniël Stoopendaal first published in 1702 and revised in the plates for the present Bible. They were explicitly made for the Keur Bibles with for example Bible scenes rather than figures from classical mythology decorating the world map. The world map shows two hemispheres a copernican solar system in the upper and a ptolemaic in the lower smaller circle. The four continents are symbolically represented in the four corners. Some of the maps with some small tear along the folds and lacking one engraved plate; hinges damaged at the ends; generally in good condition.l Darlow & Moule 3337; Poortman & Augusteijn pp. 193-203 G II 2nd state maps 1-6; Poortman Bijbel en prent pp. 172-176. Jacob and Pieter Keur; Amsterdam, Pieter Rotterdam and Pieter Rotterdam the younger (colophon: printed by Jacob and Pieter Keur, hardcover
174131833Midhurst West Sussex England 1741. Very Good. Midhurst West Sussex England 1741. Original large example of "Scherenschnitte" or scissor art depicting scenes predominantly from the Old Testament 41x32cm.; mounted within a scherenschnitte paper frame 51x43cm. The entire display is laid down on black mat in a 19th-century frame not examined out of frame. <br /> <br /> Scherenschnitte is the folk art tradition of cutting paper designs often incorporating rotational symmetry and silhouettes. A treasured Chinese art dating back to the invention of paper the tradition was adopted in Europe in the 16th century before making its way to Colonial America primarily the Pennsylvania region two centuries later.<br /> <br /> This is a stunning English example in which the plethora of intricate detail can take some time to take in. The interior centerpiece depicts Adam and Eve under the forbidden apple tree. They and their furry friends are surrounded by an intricate floral border. Below: the twelve Apostles; above: Mary in the manger Christ on the cross and Jesus ascending to Heaven. <br /> <br /> Radiating outward lie what are to us the most impressive part of this piece - eighteen vignettes sixteen from the Old Testament each admirable for their skillful artistry and execution. Jonah and the Whale Cain slaying Abel Death and Time the Last Judgment and Hell are all depicted the latter in the form of a fire-breathing monster. Happily for the historian the British royal arms are depicted as well as a circular lozenge stating the date and a name: "January 1741" and "James Cox" presumably the artist.<br /> <br /> Around the whole is a splendid 4cm-wide border executed in eight scissor-cut strips glued together and each with two or three cut circles within which the artist has written the titles of each Bible scene. Each circle has its own surrounding design with only a couple examples repeated. Though we don't know when it arrived in America this piece was found in a Lancaster Pennsylvania house. A truly superb example of this traditional folk art and a lovely survival. . unknown
1736elala1162<p>Oxford: Printed by John Baskett 1736-35. 1736. 2 Volumes in 1. undated engraved title by J.Sturt with imprint of Richard Ware. with Apocrypha & index. contemporary dark red morocco wide gilt tooled borders on covers incorporating crown & sceptre ornaments gilt tooled spine with 5 raised bands centre covers with black morocco onlay incorporating letters JHS & winged angel head ornaments within gilt flame border bit rubbed with minor stain on upper cover joints & spine ends repaired short splits in lower joints occasional light spotting. Provenance: Capt. William Wilkie of Montrose d. 1761 his spouse Mrs. Ann Napier d. 1779 William Petrie d. 1834. BOUND WITH: CHURCH OF ENGLAND. BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. The Book of Common Prayer. 4to. undated engraved title by J.Sturt with imprint of Richard Ware. some marginal dampstaining to first few leaves a few leaves browned. Oxford: Printed by John Baskett 1736. BOUND WITH: DOWNAME John. A Brief Concordance. 4to. London: Printed for R.Ware 1732. BOUND WITH: BIBLE. ENGLISH. The Historical Part of the Holy Bible Or The Old and New Testament Exactly and Compleatly Describ’d in above Two Hundred Historys Curiously Engrav’d by J.Cole From Designs of ye best Masters. 4to. 51 engraved plates containing 204 illustrations. London: Sold by Richard Ware nd. BOUND WITH: SACRED GEOGRAPHY Contained In Six Maps. 4to. title in red & black. 6 folding double-page engraved maps some short map fold tears – no loss. London: Printed for Richard Ware 1725. A handsome copy of an interesting composite bible and prayer book. All of the plates and maps are bound at various intervals throughout the text. The maps depict 1 the situation of Paradise and the country inhabited by the Patriarchs 2 the peopling of the world by the sons of Noah and the Israelites journeying in the wilderness 3 a plan of the city of Jerusalem with a view of Solomon’s Temple and all the sacred utensils therein 4 the Holy Land divided into the Twelve Tribes of Israel in which are exactly traced our Saviour’s travels 5 the land of Canaan and 6 the travels of St. Paul and the rest of the Apostles. Herbert 1032. See Herbert 965 970 974 992 993 & 1116 for similar variously dated combined texts with engraved titles bearing Ware’s imprint as here. Hardcover. Very Good.</p> Oxford: Printed by John Baskett, 1736-35. hardcover
1719R08<p>Edinburgh: James Watson 1719. 12mo approx. 5 x 2.5 in. 2 vols. Double gilt-paneled boards with turnip tools with buds and a central daisy tool surrounded by a border of half-circles and corner fleurons. Spines with four raised bands with central alternating gilt saltires or floral design. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Condition: Corners slightly bumped covers slightly bowed. Old ownership inscription effaced in first volume 19th century ink signature; a few pencil notes on endpapers. A fine example of a Scottish Herringbone design one of two distinctive national styles of Scottish bookbinding in the 18th century. Both styles the Herringbone and the Scottish Wheel are found primarily on Bibles. References: Herbert 950.</p> James Watson hardcover
1752D59CBHLKTV6YAmsterdam 1752. 8vo. Otto van Grafhorst and Dirk onder de Linden Contemporary red morocco with richly gold-tooled sides and spine and gilt edges. With engraved title-page pasted on the 'Acte van Consent en Authorisatie' 42 engraved plates and diamond-head music for the psalms. With only the undated engraved general title-page and no separate title-page for the Old Testament but with separate title-pages for the New Testament and the psalms. 3 parts in 1 volume. 3 ll. 852; 234 pp. Very rare re-issue of the scarce States Translation of the Old and New Testament and also the psalmbook published at Utrecht by 'de Compagnie' booksellers in 1741. Unlike the first issue the Bible is here enlarged with a series of 42 unsigned engraved plates from an unidentified source all with 3- or 4-line captions apparently not the series after the illustrations of Jan Luyken also used by the same publisher. With only the undated engraved general title-page and no separate title-page for the Old Testament but with separate title-pages for the New Testament and the psalms. With only a few minor spots. Binding also in very good condition spine slightly worn. In very good condition.l Not in: Darlow & Moule; NCC; STCN; WorldCat; cf. Darlow & Moule 3348 1741 issue; Poortman Bijbel en Prent I p. 248; V. Eeghen & V.d. Kellen 441 similar plates by Luyken. ABE CAT Bibles Sermons & Psalmbooks unknown
17854530Paris: François-Ambroise Didot 1785 1785. Two volumes. Large 4to. 310x230mm. pp. ix 1 596; 4 548. Handsomely bound in red morocco. Gilt borders spine lettered in gilt turn ins decorated in gilt. All edges gilt marbled endpapers. Pale blue silk ribbon in each volume. Slight bumping to bottom edges and rubbing to corners and to head and foot of spines but otherwise a lovely set in very good condition and internally excellent save for a little foxing in places and some minor staining in volume two. Beautifully printed in two columns by François-Ambroise Didot this Bible is part of the "Collection des auteurs classiques François et Latins" published by command of Louis XVI as works suitable for the education of the Dauphin. In fact this is the only work in Latin as the project was largely intended as a vehicle for the promotion of the classics of French literature including works by Racine Voltaire Corneille Rousseau Molière La Fontaine and La Rochefoucauld. The total set runs to thirty two volumes. François-Ambroise Didot was the second generation of the great printing dynasty inventing a new printing press and adapting the Fournier point system for typefaces. The Didot point is now the European standard typographical measure. La maison Didot entre l'élite et la foule: les vies matérielles du classique dans la France du premier XIXe siècle Stéphane Zékian Paris: François-Ambroise Didot 1785 unknown
1717036073Oxford: printed by John Baskett 1717. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 310mm x 485mm. This the famous and monumental Vinegar Bible also known as the Baskett full of errors and generally acknowledged as the most magnificent Bible printed in England. The volume is complete in all respects. It comprises the complete text of the Old Testament Apocrypha and New Testament along with the two title pages and the preliminaries. Both titles display beautiful engravings with the general title showing a particularly fine view of Oxford. Frontispiece engraved by Du-Bose representing Moses writing the first words of Genesis letterpress title printed in red & black and with engraved scene of Oxford both lined to verso. The bible has been expertly re-backed retaining the original calf leather boards with blind stamp decoration firm near fine. New Testament title dated 1716 with engraving of the Annunciation Apocrypha present numerous engraved head & tailpieces throughout Old Testament leaves P6 3B4 Z5 and New Testament leaves C4 H3 K2 M2 Q1 R1-3 S1 S6 T1 & T2 a few tears with expert paper repair and manuscript infill New Testament with a little worming to lower margins of Q1-R5. Fleur-de Lis water-marked paper trimmed. Herbert 942. This edition is often known as the 'Vinegar Bible' due to a misprint 'The parable of the vinegar for vineyard' in the headline above Luke xx. In this particular example the misprint is not present. 1 A very good example of this handsome and extraordinary bible. Strasburg Fleur-de Lis water-marked paper trimmed. printed by John Baskett Hardcover
1702829CUCJ5UIDMDordrecht 1702. Large folio 42.5 x 27 cm. Hendrick Jacob and Pieter Keur; Amsterdam Marcus Doornick and Pieter Rotterdam Contemporary blind-tooled calf over wooden boards with brass cornerpieces clasps and catches. With engraved title-page 2 letterpress title-pages with woodcut printer's device 1 half-title double-page engraved world-map 5 double-page engraved maps and 1 plan 51 engraved plates with 6 illustrations each the latter by Lamberecht Causé and Nicolaas Gommerse. 20 302; 2 134; 12 164; 2 66 ll. Keur Bible of 1702 in the States General version the standard Bible of the Dutch Reformed Church from 1637 onwards. The Bibles printed by Keur were renowned for their accuracy of the text and their fine printing and are known by the name of the publisher as Keur Bible. According to Poortman & Augusteijn the maps in our copy belong to a series of plates drawn for the Keur family by Daniël Stoopendaal. With an inscription on flyleaf: "Schenking 'Mevr. de weduwe Chas Grabal-Willems Juni 1941 Maastricht". Tear in title-page the world map and several others throughout spine damaged but otherwise in good condition.l Poortman Bijbel en prent I pp. 172-176 & 241; Poortman & Augusteijn 29 G II-1 . ABE CAT Bibles Sermons & Psalmbooks hardcover
17651299751765. BIBLE. The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments. Cambridge: Printed by Joseph Bentham and sold by John Beecroft John Rivington James Waugh et al. 1765. 12mo contemporary full blue-green morocco gilt with red and green morocco onlays raised bands elaborately gilt-decorated spine red morocco spine label marbled endpapers all edges gilt. $5500.1765 ""Standard Edition"" of the King James Bible distinctively bound in contemporary onlaid and elaborately gilt-tooled morocco with intriguing provenance detailed in six manuscript pages of family history.The King James Bible first published in 1611 is described as ""the only literary masterpiece ever to be produced by a committee and was the work of nearly fifty translators who lived at a period when the genius of the language was in full flower Macaulay praised it as ""a book which if everything else in our language should perish would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power"" PMM 114. In 1762 Bentham printed what became the standard edition of that magisterial translation: ""In this Bible a serious attempt was made by S.F. Parris to correct the text of King James' version by amending the spelling and punctuation unifying and extending the use of italics and removing printers' errors"" Darlow & Moule 854. This 1765 twelvemo Bentham printing preserves the Parris text as it stood before Blayney's revisions in 1769. Without Apocrypha; with a separate title page for the New Testament. Darlow & Moule 867. ESTC N473261. Herbert 1164. Preliminary and final leaves used as family record for the Craggs family of Leighton Buzzard some family members described as coming from Jamaica and subsequent owners in the Gosden and Gilbert families; the earliest birth noted with the date 1770 and the latest 1845.Binding with very slight rubbing and small areas of unobtrusive restoration. A strikingly handsome Bible. hardcover
