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1768ST19422Nuremberg: Johann Andrea Endterischen 1768. 460 x 295 mm. 18 1/4 x 11 1/2". 17 p.l. 11 48 2 2 3-8 3 9-190 2 191-740 pp.; 512 pp.; 2 2 3-190 2 191-480 18 pp. Three parts bound in one volume. <br/> STRIKING CONTEMPORARY SMOOTH CALF LAVISHLY GILT in the entrelac style covers with frame and compartments formed by gilt-ruled strapwork and filled with floral designs and lace-like ornaments of massed volutes and small tools raised bands spine compartments with central bouquet of pomegranate and flowers with massed floral tools on either side gilt lettering brass clasps featuring images of King David and St. Paul gilt-tooled turn-ins marbled endpapers all edges gilt and gauffered with pomegranates and flowers older repair to front joint alongside top compartment. Extra engraved title page woodcut headpieces and historiated initials 47 engraved plates comprised of: copperplate portraits of Luther and 11 Electors; 11 section titles each with 11 vignettes; nine full-page engraved depictions of Moses the Prophets and the Evangelists; seven full-page plates engraved with 12 vignettes six double-page maps and two double-page engravings. Front pastedown with ornate heart-shaped bookplate of Adam Melchior Dæumer dated 1784. ◆Two-inch crack to head of rear joint a bit of rubbing to joints and extremities a handful of quite minor dark spots to boards isolated trivial smudges or stains internally other insignificant imperfections but still a fine specimen--THE CONTENTS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN BRIGHT AND FRESH and the remarkable binding entirely solid and bright with gilt.<br/> <br/> This is an especially pleasing copy of the last and most extensive edition of the very popular and sumptuously illustrated Weimar Electors' Bible offered here in an impressive contemporary binding. Known as the "Kurfürstenbibel" because of its portraits of the Electoral Princes called "Kurfürsten" in German it was originally prepared for Ernst I Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Altenburg as a celebration of Martin Luther's Bible translation. Editions were issued by the Endters one of the prominent German printing families beginning in 1641. In addition to portraits of Luther and the Protestant princes of Germany the present edition contains the maps views and illustrated half-titles by Jacob van Sandrart and others first used in the edition of 1686. Our copy contains four maps and views not found in other copies of this edition showing the eastern Mediterranean and Palestine as well as both a map and a view of Jerusalem. The size of our volume puts a great strain on the binding which has nevertheless stood the test of time remarkably well. The overall decoration is exuberant the delicate gauffering lovely and the original straps remarkably well preserved. Johann Andrea Endterischen unknown
1739151910Oxford: Printed by John Baskett Printer to the University 1739 & 1751. A large Bible and prayer book for the Georgian lectern An imposing early Georgian lectern bible together with the Prayer Book both preserved in matching contemporary reversed calf bindings and unusual thus. Baskett monopolized English bible production for decades with his folio editions the grandest and most imposing designed for use in churches. His great bible of 1717 was a truly impressive edition of which Harry Carter the historian of Oxford printing writes "only Baskerville's Bible Cambridge 1763 is its equal among English Bibles for beauty of type impression and paper" The History of the Oxford University Press 1975 I p. 171. Two works folio Bible: 464 x 288 mm; Prayer Book: 400 x 246. Engraved frontispiece in Prayer Book. Contemporary panelled reversed calf. Divisional title for New Testament with verso recording births and deaths in the Holgate Family in Whixley from 1809 to 1913. Both with minor repair at foot. Bible: front free endpaper affixed to pastedown light peripheral wear staining to fore margin some worming in gutter of sigs. B and C in the New Testament not affecting text. Prayer Book: slight rubbing and minor wormholes at head of spine. Handsome copies. ESTC T90374 & T216675; Bible: Darlow & Moule 1042. unknown
176911524Amsterdam Johannes Ratelband en J. Bouwer 1769/1775. Biblia Dat is de Gantsche H. Schrifture vervattende alle de Canonyke Boeken des Ouden en des Nieuwen Testaments uyt de Oorspronkelyke Talen in onze Nederlandsche Tale getrouwelyk overgezet door Last van de Hoog Moog. Heeren Staten Generael der Vereenigde Nederl. en volgens het besluyt van de Sinode Nationael gehouden tot Dordrecht in de Jaaren 1618 en 1619. WITH: Het Boek der Psalmen nevens de Gezangen bij de Hervormde Kerk van Nederland in gebruik. gegraveerde titelpagina 416 126 folia z.p. 77 3 p. Origineel Leer met ribben 2 zilveren sloten 8 zilveren hoeken 2 zilveren kettingklampen met een zilveren ketting van ca. 075 meter lang goud op snede en geciseleerd boekblok 8° H. 18 x B. 12 x D. 7 cm. Het leer op de rug en de voorplat van de band licht beschadigd het boekblok komt in het midden van de band iets naar voren. Staphorster kettingbijbel met daarin het Oude en Nieuwe Testament de Psalmen en Gezangen en de Formulieren. Band gebonden in zwart leer voorzien van zilverwerk en een vergulde snede. Bijgebonden zijn paginagrootte bijbels prenten. Opvallend daarnaast zijn de dikke en zware zilveren ketting en de zware zilveren sloten. De vier hoeken en de kettingklampen zijn voorzien van afbeeldingen van lezende personen de sloten met Mozes en Aäron. In de binnenzijde van het bovenste slot zijn de letters G.E.D. gegraveerd in het onderste slot staat het jaar 1785. Het zilverwerk op kerkboeken diende als statussymbool aan de band kon men de stand en rijkdom van een kerkganger aflezen. De Staphorster Bijbels werden vaak aan een koord of aan een ketting gedragen en behoorden bij de streekdracht voor de zondag. De zware zilveren ketting van dit exemplaar geeft aan dat deze het eigendom was van een vermogend persoon de mindere stand droeg de Bijbel aan een blauw koord of in geval van rouw een zwart koord. Contemporary Leather with 6 raised bands 2 silver clasps 8 silver corner-pieces 2 silver chain holders with a ca. 075 meters long silver chain gilt-edged and gauffered text block 8° H. 18 x L. 12 x W. 7 cm. The leather on the spine and the front cover of the binding is slightly damaged and the book block is slightly forward in the middle of the binding. So-called ""Staphorster chain bible"" containing the Old and New Testament the Psalms and Hymns and the Forms interleaved with page-size Biblical prints. Attractive binding bound in black gauffered leather decorated with silver and gilt-edged text block. Remarkable on this copy are the thick and heavy silver chain and the heavy silver clasps. The four corners and the chain holders are decorated with images of reading people the locks with Moses and Aaron. On the inside of the upper lock are the letters G.E.D. engraved in the lower lock the year 1785. The silver work on church books was seen as a status symbol; the binding showed the social class and wealth of a churchgoer. The Staphorst Bibles were often worn around the wrist on a rope or chain and belonged to the traditional costume for Sunday. The heavy silver chain of this copy points out that it was the property of a wealthy person; the lower class wore the Bible on a blue rope or in the case of mourning a black rope. Amsterdam, Johannes Ratelband, en J. Bouwer hardcover
172812016's Gravenhage Pieter de Hondt 1728. 3 delen in 1 band 2 titelprent gegraveerde opdracht 148 2 2 149-280 titelprent 2 gegraveerde opdracht 160 p. Origineel blind- en goud-bestempeld Leer met ribben groot Folio imperiaal papier H. 51 x B. 39 x D. 11 cm. Opnieuw in de band gezet de boven- en onderzijde van de rug en de hoeken van de band zijn gerestaureerd. De tekstbladen zijn in de marges hier en daar heel licht gevlekt verder een goed exemplaar. Luxe uitgave van de prentbijbel van Pieter de Hondt bestaande uit 214 gravures door Gerard Hoet Arnold Houbraken en Bernard Picart met bijgevoegde tekst van Jacques Saurin. De prentbijbel is geïllustreerd met 2 titelprenten en 212 gravures waarvan 29 dubbel paginagroot. Alle gravures hebben een onderschrift in 6 verschillende talen resp. Hebreeuws Engels Duits Latijn Frans en Nederlands en bij elke gravure is de tekst van Jaques Saurin gevoegd. De begeleidende tekst is fraai versierd met gegraveerde kapitalen en grote kop- en sluitvignetten die betrekking hebben op de betreffende bijbelse geschiedenis. Het geheel is gedrukt op imperiaal papier en gebonden in een kloeke bruin-leren band met klassieke blind- en goud-bestempeling. PRINT BIBLE 3 parts in 1 binding 2 title-print engraved dedication 148 2 149-280 title-print 2 engraved dedication 160 p. Original blind-stamped and gold-stamped Leather with ribs large Folio imperial paper H. 51 x W. 39 x D. 11 cm. Re-bound the top and bottom of the spine and the corners of the binding restored. The text sheets are somewhat spotted in the margins a good copy. Luxury edition of Pieter de Hondt's picture bible consisting of 214 engravings by Gerard Hoet Arnold Houbraken and Bernard Picart with accompanying text by Jacques Saurin. The picture bible is illustrated with 2 title prints and 212 engravings 29 of which are double page sized. All engravings have a caption in six different languages respectively Hebrew English German Latin French and Dutch and each engraving is accompanied by the text of Jacques Saurin. The accompanying text is handsomely decorated with engraved capitals and a large head and closing vignettes relating to the relevant biblical history. The whole is printed on imperial paper and bound in a substantial brown leather binding with classic blind-stamped and gold-stamped covers. 's Gravenhage, Pieter de Hondt hardcover
1738ST20149Zürich: David Geßner 1738. 162 x 88 mm. 6 3/8 x 3 1/2". 272 pp.; 192 pp.; 8 leaves; 64 pp. <br/> BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVED STEEL FILIGREE OVER BLACK VELVET each cover with swirling foliage studded with 37 pointed bosses and four oblique lozenge bosses at corners smooth spine in a similar design with nine studs binding with a total of 83 sharp studs two fore-edge clasps one broken off. Housed in a brown buckram chamois-lined chemise and matching slipcase. New Testament with extra engraved title page with image of St. John his eagle and a lamb printer's device on printed title tailpiece at end of text; Psalms with extra engraved title page depicting David with his harp printed title with small vignette of the same scene; Festivals with engraved title page showing the Last Supper. Nap of velvet mostly gone except down the middle of the spine endpapers and the edges of first and last few leaves with numerous small rust spots apparently caused by the covers' metal frame and studs otherwise fine inside and out. An excellent example of a very unusual binding.<br/> <br/> With distinguished provenance this is a dramatic binding that makes a memorable display with engraved and pierced steel strapwork forming a lace-like pattern studded with faceted bosses that at first glance appear to be gems. Our volume has a general resemblance to the best of the small silver bindings produced during the Baroque period; its wonderfully executed foliate scrolls are reminiscent of a German binding described and pictured as item #15 in Hayward's "Silver Bindings from the J. R. Abbey Collection." However we have been unable to locate another example that strongly resembles ours. While not silver it is nevertheless a luxury binding--the engraving with its exquisite detail was done by a skilled hand and the materials themselves would have come at a price since before the Bessemer process of the 1850s steel was difficult to produce and consequently expensive. We do not know for whom this remarkable binding was originally made but we do know that it has more recently resided in two important American collections. Prior to 1955 it was in the library of Saul Cohn whose collection was sold at Parke-Bernet on April 26 of that year this was lot #67. Following that it was part of the illustrious collection of Cincinnati businessman arborist and philanthropist Cornelius J. Hauck 1893-1967 whose fortune was made in the family brewery; the auction of his library at Christie's in 2006 totaled more than $12.4 million this was lot #362 selling for $3120. David Geßner unknown
1763476151763. SAUR BIBLE. Biblia Das Ist: Die Heilige Schrift Ales Und Neues Testaments Nach Der Deutschen Uebersetzung D. Martin Luthers Mit Jedes Capitels Furtzen Summarien Auch Bengefugten Vielen Und Richtigen Parallelen. Germantown: Christoph Saur 1763. 49922773pp. printed in double columns. Quarto. Contemporary calf raised bands spine in six compartments. Calf lightly worn. Minor chipping to head and foot of spine. Lacking the metal clasps as usual. Light scattered foxing and browned throughout. Overall very good. SEIDENSTICKER p.61. ARNDT 269. O'CALLAGHAN P.25. EVANS 9343. HILDEBURN 1877. NAIP w018552. SABIN 5192.The second edition of the first European language Bible printed in America after the first of 1743. The text is based on Martin Luther's version by way of the thirty-fourth edition of the Halle Bible with books three and four Edras and three Maccabees supplied from the Berlenburg Bible. The present edition rumored to be issued in 2000 copies was printed by Christopher Saur II son of Christoph Saur the elder a native of Wittgenstein Germany. The elder Saur emigrated to Germantown Pennsylvania and practiced medicine before turning to printing. It was he who printed the 1743 first edition. A very nice copy of an important early American Bible. unknown
1752ST19424Stockholm: Tryckt af Henrick Christoph Merckell 1724-28; Peter Jöranson Nyström 1752. 422 x 275 mm. 16 5/8 x 11". 30 p.l. 1 leaf section title 234 2 section title 235-604 2 section title 605-908 2 section title 909-1387 1 pp.; 4 p.l. 300 4 301-666 pp. <br/> STATELY CONTEMPORARY CALF INTRICATELY GILT IN THE FANFARE STYLE over bevelled wooden boards covers with strapwork frame containing lilies and floral garlands central panel with strapwork rows of floral crosses the spaces between with floral sprays emerging from urns very expertly rebacked preserving original backstrip raised bands spine compartments with flowers-and-pomegranate centerpieces floral cornerpieces gilt lettering two decorative brass clasps catch plates and original straps turn-ins with lattices and floral ornaments marbled endpapers edges gilt and delicately gauffered. Five section titles with engraved vignettes. With ink presentation inscription celebrating the baptism of Claës Georg Listromer on 20th November 1604 and expressing the hope the Book will bring him wisdom as he grows signed by Claës Lindman dated 17th September 1605. A 20th century Swedish inscription below tracing the book's descent through generations of the Listromer family into the 1920s. Darlow and Moule 8821 8826. Slight variations in color of the leather Ffff8 with lower corner torn away not affecting engraving occasional faint offsetting but AN EXTREMELY CLEAN FRESH COPY in a binding bright with gilt.<br/> <br/> This impressively bound Swedish Bible was a baptism gift that clearly would have outweighed its recipient as Swedish law at the time required an infant be baptized within the first eight days of life. Although hardly practical for personal devotion and study the majestic tome was a treasured heirloom passed down in the same family for 200 years. The beautiful fanfare style seen here emerged in France in the 16th century but remained very popular in Northern Europe into the 18th century particularly for large "lectern" Bibles like the present item. The text here is an extensively annotated edition of the 1618 Gustave II Adolf Bible prepared by a father and son both named Johannes Gezelius who served successively as Bishop of Åbo. The New Testament was first printed in that city in 1711-13 the Old Testament in Stockholm in 1724-28. In our copy the New Testament is a 1752 reprinting. Tryckt af Henrick Christoph Merckell, 1724-28; Peter Jöranson Nyström unknown
18009693London: Thomas Bensley for Thomas Macklin 1800. 7 volume set 48 cm Contemporary calf with decorative gilt stamped borders to boards with raised and gilt bands to backstrips. All edges gilt. Marbled endsheets and pastedowns. Some minor wear to corners. Some foxing to the plates. A few small dampstains. Some wear to backstrips and boards. The Macklin Bible is the largest Bible printed on a letterpress. Published serially between 1791 and 1800 in London this project was of one several ambitious projects that commissioned paintings of literary subjects exhibited them at their premises and sold engravings and/or editions of the relevant text including the engravings after the paintings by subscription. These 'literary galleries' sought to be both commercial printselling projects for the proprietors and to foster British history painting aligning with the ambitions of the Royal Academy to encourage a native school of painting in this genre. The foremost literary gallery was Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery which operated between 1789 and 1805.<br /> <br /> In addition to its 70 full-page plates the Bible includes head and tailpieces for each biblical book - 113 in total. All but two of the vignettes were designed by Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg who also painted 16 pictures for the full-page plates. The full-page plates and headpiece and tailpiece vignettes were published by Macklin and the text was printed for Macklin by Thomas Bensley. The type was cut by Joseph Jackson and Vincent Figgins Jackon's apprentice. The paper was made by Whatman. The instructions to the binder recommended binding the set in six volumes but this set like many others was bound in seven. Darlow & Moule 982. ESTC T123175. Herbert 1442. Thomas Bensley for Thomas Macklin unknown
1791373037Worcester: Isaiah Thomas 1791. First Edition. 48 engraved plates complete. 1310 2 89 3pp. Separate OT and NT titles. The family register between the Apocrypha and NT unaccomplished. Royal quarto. Contemporary calf covers ruled in gilt spine gilt with raised bands red morocco lettering piece marbled endpapers joints cracked but cords holding worn at extremities spine a bit abraded with some loss at top. Foxing a few leaves with short tears or small voids. Provenance: Ebenezer Byles signature on verso of the OT title. Housed in a blue cloth clamshell box. First Edition. 48 engraved plates complete. 1310 2 89 3pp. Separate OT and NT titles. The family register between the Apocrypha and NT unaccomplished. Royal quarto. Thomas' quarto bible was published in three distinct issues: with 2 copperplates only i.e. frontispieces to the Old and New Testaments; with two copperplates and John Brown's 89-page concordance in the rear; and the rarest and most deluxe form as here with 48 copperplates and the concordance. Of this last issue according to Thomas's catalogue the work was published "in elegant binding." The explanation for the work being complete with 48 plates rather than the 50 plates of the folio Thomas bible of the same year is easily explained: the frontispieces used for the folio bible plates I and XXXIII were too large for the quarto edition and thus were omitted with plates XXIX and XLVIII used as frontispieces of the quarto bible instead.<br /> <br /> A very difficult edition to find in a contemporary unsophisticated binding. Evans 23185; Hills 30; ESTC W4496 Isaiah Thomas unknown
1790H4975Philadelphia & Berwick: Printed by and for John Taylor 1790. Hardcover. fair. Despite the general title page and the NT title page being Berwick/John Taylor extremely likely the Philadelphia printing with a cancel title page the first folio Bible and first illustrated Bible printed in the US. The bibliography on this is complex: the earliest copies were issued with a Philadelphia title page but as this came out in subscribed parts over the course of two years 1788-1790 those sent out before late May of 1790 would likely have had a Philadelphia title page and those sold after that date would have a false UK title page as does our copy; the Congressional rule called for strict oversight of the printing of any Bible in the United States to get around this the publishers of this Bible substituted a phony UK title page. This conforms to Hills no 16 The English Bible in America by Margaret Hills; see also Sabin 12929. Measuring 16.5 x 10.5 in original leather binding with red morocco spine label fair condition at best binding heavily worn boards detached and worn along edges contents good: minor institutional marks include bookplate withdawal stamps embossed stamp of institution in four places text good to very good has 28 plates including frontispiece. Toning and minor stains to pages contents generally very good. A few plates have marginal spotting and stains the plate of the Crucifixion has 3 inch repaired tear extending down into the margin but not the image and the frontispiece has two marginal tears quite reparable. Large chunk from the last plate in Acts taking away the top two inches of the upper right corner of the image. Contents generally good to very good as are the plates. We've done absolutely no repairs or restoration in order to give buyers the opportunity to bind it as they see fit. Housed in specially sized cardboard clamshell box. One of the great rarities in US Bible printing and a high point in early American printing. Printed by and for John Taylor hardcover
1717062622Oxford: John Baskett Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty 1717. Leather Bound. Folio. Measures 52 x 34 x 14 cm. Bound in leather likely late 19th century. Binding split at rear joint. Some damage to text block especially prelims; a few loose pages some chips and tears foxing some pages darkened. Three rounds of restoration are evident the most recent carefully documented a fourth round required. Herbert 942A: "A magnificent edition printed in large type. With many plates at the beginning and end of books engraved on steel from the designs of various artists. Some of the initial letters are similarly engraved. Unfortunately the book contained many misprints and earned the nickname 'A Baskett-ful of Errors'. From the misprint The Parable of the Vinegar for vineyard in the headline above Luke xx this edition is commonly known as the 'Vinegar Bible'." "John Baskett 1665–1742 attained the title of “printer to the King’s most excellent majesty†in 1709 but his publishing career turned for the worse when he issued this richly-engraved folio Bible in 1717. Quick to point out the Bible’s numerous misprints Baskett’s competitors branded it “a Baskett-ful of Errors.†The edition’s more lasting nickname has been the “Vinegar Bible†because the words “Parable of the Vinegar†appear at the top of the page containing Luke 20:9 Christ’s Parable of the Vineyard." - smu.edu Special Collections. John Baskett, Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty unknown
1720ST19425Nuremberg: J. A. Endter 1720. 433 x 278mm. 17 x 11". 68 p.l. first blank 1-664 1-904 pp. 8 leaves. <br/> ONCE SPECTACULAR AND STILL REMARKABLY IMPRESSIVE CONTEMPORARY GERMAN CALF ELABORATELY GILT WITH A PAINTED BROWN STRAPWORK DESIGN OVER REVERSE BEVELLED WOODEN BOARDS two cartouches on each cover with four- or five-line quotations from the Bible initials "J A B" and "D B" and the date "1726" on upper cover the strapwork forming geometric compartments filled with gilt foliate and floral sprays accented with small putti raised bands spine gilt in compartments with central strapwork lozenge containing gilt flower surrounded by foliage two brass and probably later leather clasps dramatic endpapers of green and gilt decorated paper edges gilt and gauffered in ornate lily pattern some expert restoration at spine ends and at top and bottom of joints. With woodcut initials and tailpieces additional engraved title page 11 engraved portraits of the Dukes of Saxony engraved portrait of Luther by Kilian after Sandrart missing an additional portrait of Luther and 28 engraved plates and plans seven of them double-page. ◆Paint and gilt somewhat rubbed other signs of use to the binding but the once-magnificent binding quite sound and still very very striking. Occasional minor foxing stains and thumbing N5 with five-inch curving tear into text no loss two plates with old six- to seven-inch tears into image one mended on verso with discolored cellotape a handful of other minor tears but still a pleasing copy internally generally quite clean and fresh.<br/> <br/> At 5 1/4" thick and with a lavish overall decorative design this is a memorable specimen of a German post-fanfare binding very likely produced as a wedding gift for the couple whose initials appear on the cover. Support for this supposition resides in the binding's quotations from German Scripture traditionally used at Lutheran weddings: Genesis 2:18 "And the Lord God said It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helpmeet for him" and Colossians 3:14 "But above all these things clothe yourselves in love which is the bond of perfection". A perfect family Bible for a young couple of high degree this handsomely illustrated edition is known as the "Kurfürstenbibel" because of its portraits of the Electoral Princes called "Kurfürsten" in German. Such a Bible was originally prepared for Ernst I Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Altenburg as a celebration of Martin Luther's Bible translation. The Endters one of the prominent German printing families issued several printings of it beginning in 1641 and continuing to the end of the 18th century. In addition to portraits of Luther and the Protestant princes of Germany it contains the maps views and illustrated half-titles by Jacob van Sandrart and others first used in the edition of 1686. Although it bears some small signs of use the binding remains an object of imposing beauty. J. A. Endter unknown
1800CJW1405London: T. Bensley for T. Macklin final volume Bensley for T. Cadell & W. Davies 1800. First Printing of this Edition. 484 x 390 mm. 19 x 15 1/4". Seven volumes. <br/> Once splendid contemporary black straight-grain morocco gilt covers framed by Greek key roll palmette roll and multiple gilt rules double raised bands spine compartments densely gilt with rows of alternating star and circlet tools gilt titling turn-ins with gilt chain roll purple endpapers all edges gilt some inexpert but not obvious repairs to joints and backstrips. With more than 100 allegorical headpieces and tailpieces and some 70 SPLENDID LARGE-FOLIO SIZE COPPER PLATES after Fuseli Reynolds West and others. Herbert 1442 and 1651. ◆Extremities rather rubbed boards a bit scuffed but the decorative contemporaneous bindings solid and not without appeal. Plates somewhat foxed mostly to margins mild to moderate offsetting from plates occasional mild offsetting in the text bed but still a fresh wide-margined copy.<br/> <br/> The most prodigious form of scripture in English ever published the Macklin Bible features very large and bold type fine Whatman paper and a series of engravings by some of the most celebrated artists of the period. Like the Boydell "Shakespeare Gallery" also printed by Bensley our Macklin Bible is a vast picture book with illustrations that are grand both in size and emotional impact. According to DNB Macklin 1752/3-1800 announced his intention to produce a lavishly illustrated luxuriously produced folio Bible in 1789 and he spent the next 11 years and £30000 making his dream a reality. His efforts paid off: "the subscription list for 703 copies at £46 1s. apiece was headed by the king the queen and the prince of Wales." Sadly Macklin died just five days after the last engraving was finished and did not live to see his masterpiece become one of the most acclaimed English Bibles. As DNB observes "The Macklin Bible endures as the most ambitious edition produced in Britain often pirated but never rivalled." Copies of the Macklin Bible were often put into ornate bindings as was the present set; despite the depradations of time the workmanship of a superior London binder remains apparent. T. Bensley for T. Macklin [final volume Bensley for T. Cadell & W. Davies] unknown
1787271Edinburgh: Assigns of Alexander Kincaid 1787. Very good. Two works in two volumes. Large Octavo 211 x 130 mm. Collation: BIBLE: A-4A8 complete. PSALMS: A-E8 complete. Contemporary Scottish bindings: red morocco elaborately tooled in gilt to a "Chippendale" motif smooth spines gilt; marbled endpapers a.e.g. in vol. 1 the front joint expertly repaired and tape removed from inner hinges. Preserved in a protective cloth case. INNOVATIVE AND HIGHLY UNUSUAL SCOTTISH CHIPPENDALE ROCOCO BINDINGS COMBINING CHINOISERIE AND NEOCLASSICAL ELEMENTS EXHIBITING THE INDEPENDENCE OF SCOTTISH WORK AT THIS TIME. <br /> <br /> The present example is a striking hybrid of late 18th-century decorative art in Britain the likes of which we have not encountered hitherto. Here "oriental" birds and peacocks are juxtaposed with patriotic depictions of Britannia uncharacteristically surmounted by a fleur-de-lis bold anchors columns sunbursts dripping garlands flowers sheaves of wheat and urns. Presented in the Chippendale style the present binder who is as yet unnamed introduces rococo ornaments while enclosing all of the above with an unmistakably neoclassical greek-key roll. <br /> <br /> EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ROCOCO BINDINGS OF THIS QUALITY ARE RARE PARTICULARLY THOSE EXECUTED IN SCOTLAND. <br /> <br /> Rococo book arts in Scotland have been almost completely unexplored on account of the paltry number of examples with which we are able to study. Robert Adam's designs for the bindings of his "Ruins of Spalatro" 1764 is a bold statement of the neoclassical for he was justly celebrated. But we now know that Adam was not exclusively "Grecian." David Pullins' heroic archival research in Sir John Soane's Museum has shown that Adam received three previously unexamined commissions for a seemingly antithetical kind of decoration which he calls "neoclassical chinoiserie" specifically Adam's drawings for an unrealized chinoiserie looking-glass dated 1769 for Edwin Lascelles 1st Earl of Harewood. SOURCE: "Robert Adam's Neoclassical Chinoiserie" in: West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts Design History and Material Culture online. We would argue that the present bindings exhibit such a blend of Chippendale chinoiserie rococo and neoclassical. For a general note on English "Chippendale" and "Chinoiserie" bindings see G.D. Hobson "English Bindings of J.R. Abbey" p. 126.<br /> <br /> ¶ Our bindings may be linked to four others -- all greatly inferior -- which share the large "eagle" tool in common as noted by Mirjam Foot:<br /> <br /> 1. British Library Davis 253 Bible Edinburgh 1790 = Henry Davis Gift Vol. II No. 283; <br /> 2. National Library of Scotland F.4.e.9 Bible Psalms Edinburgh: Assigns of A. Kincaid 1789; <br /> 3. Washington Cathedral Library Bible Edinburgh 1789; <br /> 4. Glasgow University Library DXC 48-48A Bible Cambridge 1792 Psalms Glasgow 1793. <br /> <br /> PROVENANCE: red morocco bookplate of "MARION MALLOCH 1794" inside both volumes -- sold by us to a private collector in 2007 -- bought back by us in 2023. <br /> <br /> ¶ REFERENCES: ESTC 91765 Darlow & Moule 1319; ESTC 91766. Assigns of Alexander Kincaid unknown
172812597s-Graavenhaage Pieter de Hondt 1728. 3 delen in 3 banden 2 titelprent gegraveerde opdracht 148 2 2 149-280 titelprent 2 gegraveerde opdracht 160 p. Origineel blind- en goud-bestempeld Leer met ribben Folio imperiaal papier H. 47 x B. 33 x D. 4 cm. De tekstbladen zijn in de marges hier en daar heel licht gevlekt verder een goed exemplaar. Luxe uitgave van de prentbijbel van Pieter de Hondt bestaande uit 214 gravures door Gerard Hoet Arnold Houbraken en Bernard Picart met bijgevoegde tekst van Jacques Saurin. De prentbijbel is geïllustreerd met 2 titelprenten en 212 gravures waarvan 29 dubbel paginagroot. Alle gravures hebben een onderschrift in 6 verschillende talen resp. Hebreeuws Engels Duits Latijn Frans en Nederlands en bij elke gravure is de tekst van Jaques Saurin gevoegd. De begeleidende tekst is fraai versierd met gegraveerde kapitalen en grote kop- en sluitvignetten die betrekking hebben op de betreffende bijbelse geschiedenis. PRINT BIBLE 3 parts in 3 bindings 2 title-print engraved dedication 148 2 149-280 title-print 2 engraved dedication 160 p. Original blind-stamped and gold-stamped Leather with ribs Folio H. 47 x W. 33 x D. 4 cm. The text sheets are somewhat spotted in the margins.Luxury edition of Pieter de Hondt's picture bible consisting of 214 engravings by Gerard Hoet Arnold Houbraken and Bernard Picart with accompanying text by Jacques Saurin. The picture bible is illustrated with 2 title prints and 212 engravings 29 of which are double-page sized. All engravings have a caption in six different languages respectively Hebrew English German Latin French and Dutch and each engraving is accompanied by the text of Jacques Saurin. The accompanying text is handsomely decorated with engraved capitals and a large head and closing vignettes relating to the relevant biblical history. A fine set. s-Graavenhaage, Pieter de Hondt hardcover
1738ST20462Zurich: David Gessner 1740 1738 1738. 162 x 90 mm. 6 3/8 x 3 1/2". 270 pp.; 192 16 pp.; 64 pp. <br/> LOVELY PIERCED VERMEIL SILVER BINDING over dark brown sharkskin the metalwork with intricately twining strapwork accented with acanthus leaves a basket of flowers and two eagles elongated vermeil head and tail caps over spine two fore-edge clasps gilt patterned paper pastedowns all edges gilt. Housed in a fine modern brown morocco felt-lined clamshell box. First two works with extra engraved illustrated title page. Ink gift inscription on front flyleaf: "Helen McDowell/ from her/ affectionate/ illegible/ with sincere/ good wishes/ for her future/ happiness/ August 1864." For the binding: Hayward "Silver Bindings from the J. R. Abbey Collection" 14. Sharkskin with just a hint of chafing occasional mild browning or foxing to leaves but QUITE A FINE COPY clean and fresh internally and the binding shining and unworn.<br/> <br/> Beautifully executed and wonderfully preserved this New Testament is an excellent example of the vermeil bindings--that is silver-gilt or gilded/gilt silver--produced in Switzerland and southern Germany during the Baroque period. As is typical this binding is without a hallmark but it closely resembles another New Testament bound in shagreen and vermeil described and pictured as item #14 in Hayward's "Silver Bindings from the J. R. Abbey Collection" which Hayward indicates was produced in Zurich in the early 18th century. These intricate silver bindings were popular for religious works presenting what Hayward calls a "combination of ostentatious wealth and piety" and this one was executed with great skill featuring graceful lines and delicately rendered details. There are two main types of silver bindings from the period: engraved and pierced bindings like the present example which were especially popular in the 17th century; and embossed or repoussé bindings which came into fashion in the late 17th and early 18th century. Of the two the engraved and pierced bindings are generally valued more highly because they required more time and skilled labor. David Gessner unknown
17956211London: R. Bowyer 1795. First thus. Near Fine. Two large quarto volumes 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches; 318 x 248 mm. Unpaginated. Text in double columns. With two copper-engraved title-pages with a separate title-page for the New Testament and sixty-two plates including two frontispieces from the works of Dürer Rembrandt Van Dyck Rubens and others. Lower corner of 3H3 possible paper-fault torn away with no loss of text. Some foxing to a few of the plates otherwise remarkably bright and fresh. Contemporary English full dark blue straight-grained morocco. Covers with two gilt borders surrounding blind-stamped Greek key design. Spines with five double raised bands ruled in gilt blind-stamped Greek key design and lettered in gilt in compartments. Board-edges decorated in blind elaborate gilt decorated turn-ins gray liners and endleaves all edges gilt. Gift signature to front flyleaf in volume one dated 1841 and a tipped-in square of paper with another nineteenth century gift inscription. Some light scuffing to the boards otherwise near fine.<br /> <br /> A spectacular example of the large paper edition this Bible sometimes called the "Killer Bible" for its typographical error in Mark 7 verse 27: "Let the children be killed" rather than "filled." It was richly illustrated by James Fittler 1758-1835 an esteemed British engraver of portraits and landscapes who served as marine engraver to King George III. He produced illustrations for the Boydell Shakespeare and Dibdin's Aedes Althorpinae. In this edition Fittler based his engravings on Old Master paintings befitting the gravity of the text. The printer Thomas Bentley produced large editions for Thomas Macklin Rudolph Ackermann and Paul Colnaghi all publishers of plate books; he also printed several of the earliest books for the Roxburghe Club.<br /> <br /> ESTC lists three editions of the Bowyer and Fittler Bible: this one which ESTC describes as the large paper edition; the regular two-volume quarto edition also 1795; and a: two-volume twelvemo edition 1796 which was issued in parts. ESTC T95050. Near Fine. R. Bowyer unknown
1743P49<p><strong>Summary: </strong>Germantown: Christopher Saur 1743. 4to 9.5 X 7.5 in. The first Bible printed in America after Elliot's Indian Bible of the 1660s and the first American Bible printed in a European language. A very good copy in original beveled boards.</p><p><strong>Description:</strong> There are several clippings pertaining to this edition of the Bible mounted on the front pastedown. Printed general title page 1743 laid down with loss to the lower border and imprint which have been replaced in facsimile. Ornamental headpiece at the beginning of Genesis. Text in two column black letter with cross references and short summaries at the beginning of each chapter. The text is based on Martin Luther's version by way of the 34th edition of the Halle Bible with books three and four Esra and three Maccabees supplied from the Berlenburg Bible. The present copy has "parallelen" spelled correctly a second issue of the title had this word misspelled as "parllelen" as it was made in haste. Printed New Testament title page 1743. Ornamental headpiece at the beginning of Matthew. Concludes with a Register 3 pp.</p><p><strong>Collation:</strong> 2 A-Z4 2A-2Z4 3A-3Z4; 4A-4Z4; 5A-5Z4 6A-6I4 6J2 Old Testament; A-Z4 2A-2M4 2N2 New Testament. <u>Lacks</u> Rrr-Sss Psalm 23-56.</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Period full sheep over beveled oak boards. Sometime expertly rebacked with the original spine laid on. A portion of one strap perished with the original hasp and other strap remaining. Binding chipped in various places but nicely restored.</p><p><strong>Condition:</strong> Some dampstaining in places most prevalent to first few leaves; some toning occasional soiling and spotting as typical; small hole to final leaf with loss of a few letters; a few instances of shaved catchwords in places; introductory leaf remargined with loss of a few letters to margins.</p><p><strong>Note: </strong>1200 copies of this Bible were printed by Christopher Saur. He was a man of conviction in matters of morality and religion and he sought to produce a Bible that his fellow Germans could read in their native tongue. He appealed to Germany where Dr. Heinrich Luther provided him with the type in exchange for a presentation copy. It took him three years to complete the printing of the Bible. Saur made every effort to promote the reading of the Scriptures. His asking price was eighteen shillings but his quoted as saying that "to the poor and needy we have no price." An estimated 120 copies have survived making copies of the 1743 edition quite scarce.</p><p><strong>References:</strong> D&M 4240; Evans 5127; Wright 31.</p> Christopher Saur hardcover
1714E52C1ENFMRTGDordrecht Jacob and Pieter Keur; Amsterdam 1714. Large folio 42.5 x 27.5 cm. Pieter Rotterdam and Pieter Rotterdam the younger colophon: printed by Jacob and Pieter Keur Dordrecht Gold-tooled sprinkled calf 1738 sewn on 6 double cords each board with a large centrepiece 4 cornerpieces and double fillets; richly gold-tooled spines also on the raised bands with gold-tooled morocco spine labels; gold-tooled board edges mottled turn-ins edges sprinkled red and green; headbands worked in tan and white. With engraved general title-page letterpress title-pages for the New Testament and Apocrypha and half-title for the Prophets series of 6 engraved double-page folding maps by Daniël Stoopendaal his larger set a complete set of 184 full-page and 28 double-page engraved illustration plates by various artists including A. de Blois J. van Vianen and J. Mulder after G. Hoet B. Picart A. Houbraken and others. 3 parts in 2 volumes. 20 302; 2 134 12 164 2 66 ll. Beautifully illustrated large folio Dutch States Bible Statenbijbel with 6 six maps including a world map and a complete set of the striking illustrations drawn and engraved by Bernard Picart and others. The maps belong to the larger of two series by Daniël Stoopendaal and were explicitly made for the Keur Bibles with for example Bible scenes rather than figures from classical mythology decorating the world map. With the armorial bookplate of Hendrik Gerardsz. van Couwenhoven 1711-1792 and a short handwritten genealogy of Couwenhoven's family from Couwenhoven's marriage in 1738 to the birth of this last child in 1766. The binding appears to date from the middle quarters of the 18th century so it may have been bound and presented for the occasion of the 1738 wedding. In very good condition. The binding is slightly worn at the joints the headcap of volume 1 is damaged and there are a few other minor surface imperfections but it remains generally in very good condition.l Darlow & Moule 3337; for the maps: Poortman & Augusteijn pp. 196-203 G II 2nd state maps 1-6; for the prints: Poortman Bijbel en prent II pp. 140-145. ABE CAT Bibles Sermons & Psalmbooks hardcover
1791373866Worcester: Isaiah Thomas 1791. First Edition of Isaiah Thomas's Folio Bible. 50 engraved plates. 4 460; 2 461-1012pp. Text in two columns. 2 vols. Folio. Contemporary calf panelled in gilt and blind spine with raised bands in six compartments tooled in gilt on either side of each band red and black morocco labels expert repairs. Moderate to heavy foxing repaired tears to text leaves and plates. First Edition of Isaiah Thomas's Folio Bible. 50 engraved plates. 4 460; 2 461-1012pp. Text in two columns. 2 vols. Folio. "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.<br /> <br /> Dubbed "the Baskerville of America" by Benjamin Franklin Isaiah Thomas issued a folio and a quarto Bible almost simultaneously. Published immediately after the ratification of the Bill of Rights the folio edition arguably his magnum opus opens with a note from Thomas situating it as an important accompaniment to this national development: "The civil authority hath set an example of moderation and candor to all Christians by securing equal privileges to all; and it must be their ardent and united wish independently of foreign aid to be supplied with copies of the sacred Scriptures the foundation of their Religion - a religion which furnishes motives to the faithful performance of every patriotic civil and social duty."<br /> <br /> In preparing the work Thomas compared the language of "not less than eight" significant English Bibles most but not all of which were printings of the King James translation and then had every page of the present edition examined by "the Clergymen of Worcester and . other capable persons." <br /> <br /> In keeping with his patriotism all the plates are by American engravers an expensive undertaking: the majority by Joseph Seymour with others by John Norman Samuel Hill and Amos Doolittle. It is unusual to find complete copies with all fifty plates. The plate list often lacking is present in this copy. The work was issued either in one volume or in two volumes as here the latter including an additional general title page for the second volume bound in as a cancel.<br /> <br /> A celebrated American Bible from one of the young country's most important printers. Evans 23186; Hills 29; ESTC W4497; Sabin 5172; Wright Early American Bibles pages 74-88 Isaiah Thomas unknown
1788375629Worcester: Isaiah Thomas 1788. Numerous woodcut illustrations including full-page frontispiece. 144pp. 12mo. Modern calf red morocco lettering piece. Repair to final leaf affecting the final three lines frontispiece paper-backed with repaired tears and small area of loss in the image a few leaves likely supplied from another copy. Numerous woodcut illustrations including full-page frontispiece. 144pp. 12mo. A cornerstone for any collection of American children's books American illustration or American Bibles this classic children's book is an American reprinting of the edition first published by Hodgson in London in 1783. Containing nearly 500 illustrations it is the first Bible printed in the United States specifically for children. The rebus format of the small volume presents the young reader with famous Bible stories in an amusing format that encourages reading puzzle solving and Bible study.<br /> <br /> "A touchstone of eighteenth-century American book illustration this 'curious' children's Bible contains nearly five hundred woodcuts made by American artists. The most ambitious woodcut book produced in America up to that time it is one of the sixty-five children's book titles produced by the pioneer publisher of children's literature and preeminent early American printer Isaiah Thomas 1749-1831 who had learned the art of engraving while apprenticed in his youth to the Boston printer Zechariah Fowle" American Treasures of the Library of Congress online exhibition.<br /> <br /> Complete copies of the first hieroglyphic and children's Bible printed in America are very rare with even Brinley's copy lacking a leaf. This is a book that saw extremely heavy use and given its young audience inevitable if often loving misuse. Welch 510; Rosenbach 128; Evans 20961; O'Callaghan p.33; Hamilton 122; Rumball-Petre 167; Brinley 5805; Sabin 17990. Not in Hills Isaiah Thomas unknown
173833238-165Zurich Johann Heinrich Bürckli 1738. 2 cols. 386 pp.; 256 pp.; 88 pp. 8vo c. 165 x 95 x 25 mm. 18th century Zurich Vermeil binding fine chased goldplated silver over wooden boards covered with black velvet edges gilt. Exlibris. Zurich Johann Heinrich Bürckli 1738. Attractive New Testament in the Zurich version printed for domestic use preciously and splendidly bound in a much sought-after Zurich Vermeil binding fine chased goldplated silver over wooden boards. This N.T. is a typical example out of one of the roughly thirty editions printed in Zurich during the 18th century. It is remarkable that Ambrosius Lobwasser 1515-1584 as a Lutheran thereby paved the way for Calvinist liturgical songs in German speaking countries cf. MGG VIII 1075 by using for his metrical psalms the Geneva book of Psalms prepared by Marot and Beza between 1532 and 1560. His object was to popularize in Germany the melodies of the French Psalter of the beauty of which he had received a deep impression during a long sojourn in Berry; and thus he adhered to the texts which served as channels for these melodies in order that the meter and versification might accord with the French model. The book is housed in an attractive contemporary Zurich binding. Zurich was the most important place of manufacture for Vermeil bindings and shows the design that was common there at this time. Forming a wide frame on both covers and the back it is composed of leafy scroll- and lattice-work with flower and ornamental depictions. In the center of both covers is a small pelican engraved as a symbold for Jesus Christ or as a sign of mercy or possibly an owner sign. This binding is uncommon in that the silver cagework extends round the edges of the covers.- The work shows considerable craftsmanship and is in pristine and fine condition. - Not in VD 18 nor Darlow/Moule; cf. Bibliothek Otto Schäfer Europäische Einbandkunst 1992 121; not in Leemannn-van Elck Bibelsammlung im Grossmünster zu Zürich 1945 but cf. no. 40; the same Buchschmuck der Zürcher-Bibeln 1938 124; cf. Lösel Zürcher Goldschmiedekunst 1983 pl. 256-257; cf. Bibelsammlung Stuttgart E 1347 in similary binding but published by Gessner in 1738; cf. Henkel/Schoene Emblemata col. 811. BINDINGS ; HELVETICA:ALLGEMEIN ; BIBLES ; Zurich, Joh(ann) Heinrich Bürckli hardcover
1800512129Thomas Bensley for Thomas Macklin 1800. First Edition. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. First edition of The Macklin Bible a masterpiece of book design that has been called 'the last of the great Bibles.' Complete in six volumes without the posthumously published Apocrypha. Elephant Folio 19' x 15.5' and . Full red morocco covers with gilt rolled Greek meander borders spines with double raised bands gilt in seven compartments all edges gilt gilt dentelle marbled endpapers. Sturdy bindings are remarkably solid despite the demands of these heavy textblocks. Very Good ex-libris from the John Wilson Collection of Multnomah County Library with small bookplates on paste downs a few penciled notes to versos of title pages but otherwise unmarked. Wide margins. Bindings scuffed and soiled rubbed along joints wear at heads and tails. Contents generally bright with typical offsetting from engravings; many tissue guards still present. Handwritten 2pp. 1889 note from London bookseller Henry Sotheran tipped-in to Vol. 1 wherein he apologizes for the lack of The Apocrypha which was published in 1816. Exhaustively illustrated throughout with engravings including 70 full-page copperplates after Benjamin West Angelica Kauffman Henry Fuseli William Artaud Joshua Reynolds Philip James de Loutherbourg and others. Weighing in at well over 100 lbs this Macklin Bible will ship in multiple boxes and will require additional fees for international delivery. Thomas Bensley for Thomas Macklin hardcover
172033133-1260Nuremberg J. A. Endter 1720. With engr. illus. title 12 full-page engr. portraits by J. C. Claussner 9 plates with portraits of biblical figures 4 double-page maps with fine baroque cartouches and illustrations 2 double-page plans 21 engr. pictorial titles and plates some double-page and folding several woodcut initials and vignettes. 2 cols. Printed title in red and black; 67 unn. leaves 664 pp.; 904 pp. 8 unn. leaves. Large folio. Contemporary calf in the style of Swedish gilt leather bindings richly gold-tooled in a panel design with flowers and ornaments flower tool in center and corners of frames both covers lettered each with 2 Bible quotations spine on raised bands with richly gilt rococo ornamentation in compartments 2 brass clasps new ties goffered edges marbled end- papers all edges gilt slightly restored. Nuremberg J. A. Endter 1720. A beautiful example of the so-called "Kurfürsten Bible" also called "Weimar Bible" or "Ernestinian Bible" Present here is a copy of the 12th edition this Bible appeared until 1768. Its first printing commissioned by Duke Ernest the Pious of Saxe-Weimar was in 1641. Editors were Johann Gerhard 1582-1637 theologian at Jena and his successor Salomon Glassius 1593-1656 a.o. It was the most popular German Bible of its time using Luther's text of 1545 and including the Apocrypha. There is a glossary and each chapter is accompanied by texts from S. Glassius' "Biblisches Handbüchlein" meant as a help for the lay reader. A detailed history of the conception and printing of this epochal Bible is given in the preliminaries. This edition contains a wealth of pictorial matter the title showing Moses and Christ to the left and right of the pillars of a temple which bears the coat of arms of the Duke. It is followed by the portraits of the Saxon electors with their coats of arms and Martin Luther: some engravings include small views More than 30 full-page plates show biblical characters like Moses Isaiah Ezekiel Daniel and the 4 evangelists Noah's ark 2 plans of Jerusalem 4 maps 1 folding plate showing camps of the Israelites. 18 plates serve as titles to various books of the Bible with scenes from the following contents in 12 small compartments. The last illustration is the double-page picture of the presentation of the Augsburg Confession to Charles V 1530 the full text of which is included. - Slight browning or foxing in parts some wormholes and tears repaired. Fine copy in a rare nice binding engravings in dark impressions. - Bibelsammlung Stuttgart E 1198; Jahn 79ff.; cf. Graesse I 379; this edition not in Darlow/Moule Lüthi etc. BIBLES ; KURFÜRSTENBIBEL ; RELIGION / THEOLOGY ; ILLUSTRATED BOOKS BEFORE 1900 ; Nuremberg, J. A. Endter hardcover
1743536711743. SAUR BIBLE. Biblia Das ist: Die Helige Schrift Altes und Neues Testaments Nach der Deutschen Uebersetzung D. Martin Luthers mit Jedes Capitels Furtzen Summarien Ach Bengefugten Vielen und Richtigen Parallelen; Rebst dem Gewohnlichen Anhang des Dritten und Vierten Buchs Esra und des Dritten Buchs der Maccabaer. Germantown: Christoph Saur 1743. 4to. 4 995. 1 277 7 pp. printed in double columns. Ornamental capitals. Contemporary calf over bevelled wooden boards tooled brass clasps raised bands. Repaired loss to foot of spine made up in matching leather; lower half of second column of one leaf expertly supplied in facsimile; boards rubbed; toning and light scattered foxing else a very good copy. Evans 5127. Darlow & Moule 4240. Hildeburn 804. Seidensticker p. 20. The first European language Bible printed in America and the second Bible printed in America after John Eliot's Indian Bibles of the 1660s. The German text is based on Martin Luther's translation by way of the 34th Halle edition with some books of the Apocrypha III and IV Esra and III Maccabees supplied from the pietistic Berlenburg Bible. It was printed with type sent from Frankfurt by Heinrich Ehrenfried Luther who received twelve of the completed Bibles in return. Though Saur was criticized by the Lutherans in Philadelphia for the ideological slant of his Bible the combination of translations and Protestant traditions did much to keep Saur above much of the local German sectarian conflict. Believed to have been printed in an edition of 1200 copies slightly over one-tenth are known to have survived. Christoph Saur 1693-1758 was a native of Wittgenstein Germany who settled in Germantown Pennsylvania and practiced medicine before turning to printing. A very nice copy of a landmark in American religious and printing history. unknown
