Bible in German. New Testament

Estimate

1,000 - 2,000 USD

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Description

Das Neue Testament unsers Herrn und Heylandes Jesu Christi, verteutscht von Dr. Martin Luther. Mit jedes Capitels kurtzen Summarien, auch beygefügten vielen richtigen Parallelen. Germantown: Gedruckt und zu finden bey Christoph Saur, 1763
leather,ink,paper

12mo (6 1/2 x 4 in.; 165 x 102 mm). Fraktur type set in double columns; browned, a few headlines shaved, A12 loose, short marginal tears in quires L and N slightly affecting text, quire O frayed, affecting text with loss to first 2 leaves, long tear on 2E2., lacks final quire 2F (last 3 chapters and the "Register der Episteln und Evangelien." Contemporary calf; craquelure texture on spine, upper joint and hinge cracked and clumsily repaired with glue, remnants of catchplates.

Provenance

Elisabetha Gromas (inscription on front free endpaper dated 1788)

Literature

ESTC W4531; Evans 9347; Hildeburn 1910

Catalogue Note

The fifth edition.