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BIBLE, German. Biblia, das ist die Heilige Schrift, Altes und Neues Testaments, Nach der Teutschen Uebersetzung Martin Luthers, Mit jedes Capitels kurtzen Summarien, auch beygefuegten vielen und richtigen Parallelen; Nebst einem Anhang des dritten und vierten Buchs Esrae und des dritten Buchs der Maccabaer. Germantown: Christoph Saur, 1763. 4o (250 x 195 mm.) (Mostly marginal worming, some chipping to last few leaves affecting text, last leaf laid down, with lower half cut away.) Contemporary calf, sides ruled with a double fillet (clasps missing, upper joint cracked, some wear to edges). Provenance: Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplate; purchased from Dawson's Bookshop, Los Angeles, 1 July 1941) -- donated to SMS 1941.
SECOND EDITION of Saur's bible of 1743, printed by the son, with a new preface. Darlow & Moule 4240; Evans 9343.
BIBLE, German. Biblia, das ist die ganze Goettliche Heilige Schrift... Germantown: Christoph Saur, 1776. 4o (251 x 194 mm). (Joints crudely repaired with tape affecting text, some dampstaining.) Contemporary calf (rebacked, with old spine laid down, clasps lacking). Provenance: Oberholz Familie (notations on endpapers) -- Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplate; purchased from Dawson's Bookshop, 1 July 1941 -- donated to SMS 1941. THIRD EDITION. Nearly the whole of the unbound sheets were destroyed by British Troops after the invasion of Germantown. Darlow & Moule 4240; Evans 14663.
BIBLE, German. Biblia, das ist: Die ganze Goettliche Heilige Schrift... Reading: Gottlob Jungmann, 1805. 4o (255 x 204 mm). (Some browning and staining.) Contemporary calf, two clasps (some wear to upper spine end). Provenance: Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplate; purchased from Dawson's Bookshop, Los Angeles, 1 July 1941) -- donated to SMS 1941. First Bible printed in Reading, Pennsylvania. Darlow & Moule 4240.
BIBLE, German. Biblia, das ist die ganze Goetliche Heilige Schrift... Somerset: Friedrich Goeb, 1813. 4o (316 x 245 mm). (Some browning and staining.) Contemporary sheep (rebacked, old spine laid down, corners worn). Provenance: Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplate; purchased from Dawson's Bookshop, Los Angeles, 1 July 1941) -- donated to SMS 1941. (4)
SECOND EDITION of Saur's bible of 1743, printed by the son, with a new preface. Darlow & Moule 4240; Evans 9343.
BIBLE, German. Biblia, das ist die ganze Goettliche Heilige Schrift... Germantown: Christoph Saur, 1776. 4o (251 x 194 mm). (Joints crudely repaired with tape affecting text, some dampstaining.) Contemporary calf (rebacked, with old spine laid down, clasps lacking). Provenance: Oberholz Familie (notations on endpapers) -- Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplate; purchased from Dawson's Bookshop, 1 July 1941 -- donated to SMS 1941. THIRD EDITION. Nearly the whole of the unbound sheets were destroyed by British Troops after the invasion of Germantown. Darlow & Moule 4240; Evans 14663.
BIBLE, German. Biblia, das ist: Die ganze Goettliche Heilige Schrift... Reading: Gottlob Jungmann, 1805. 4o (255 x 204 mm). (Some browning and staining.) Contemporary calf, two clasps (some wear to upper spine end). Provenance: Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplate; purchased from Dawson's Bookshop, Los Angeles, 1 July 1941) -- donated to SMS 1941. First Bible printed in Reading, Pennsylvania. Darlow & Moule 4240.
BIBLE, German. Biblia, das ist die ganze Goetliche Heilige Schrift... Somerset: Friedrich Goeb, 1813. 4o (316 x 245 mm). (Some browning and staining.) Contemporary sheep (rebacked, old spine laid down, corners worn). Provenance: Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplate; purchased from Dawson's Bookshop, Los Angeles, 1 July 1941) -- donated to SMS 1941. (4)