Bible in German

Thick 4to (9 3/4 x 7 in.; 248 x 178 mm). General title-page printed in red and black, separate title-page, register and pagination for the New Testament; fraktur type set in two columns, printer's ornaments used as headpieces, woodcut initials and tailpieces; strong browning and staining throughout, title-page and foreward leaf soiled and frayed, costing a bit of text, both leaves strengthened and rehinged, several marginal tears cutting through text occasionally with some loss, "Kurzer Begriff" at the end frayed with significant text loss, final leaves strengthened in gutter. Contemporary calf over beveled wooden boards; worn, remnants of catchplates, one boss and 3 boss-plates retained, spine defective, joints cracked.

Formatting the Word of God 12.2a; Darlow & Moule 4240; ESTC W18551; Evans 5128; Hildeburn 804; Sabin 5191; Simms, The Bible in America, pp. 120–124

The first bible printed in America in a European language. Saur imported his Fraktur type from the Luther Foundry in Frankfurt, Germany. This edition of 1,200 copies, which took three years to complete, was prepared after the thirty-fourth edition Halle edition of Luther's Bible, with the addition of Esdras books 3 and 4, and Maccabees, book 3, from the Berleberg Bible. Objections were raised to Saur's inclusion of a section of double text in Job 19:25–27 (being that of the Berleberg Bible and that of Luther for comparison), as well as to a "Brief Compend"—an appendix to the New Testament consisting of matter prepared by Saur himself. Saur subsequently altered the title, and in doing so, the misprint "Parllelen" for "Parallelen" occurred.