Biblia Das Ist Die Ganze Heilige Schrifft Altes Und Neues Testaments
by Martin Luther
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
EB. Very Good. Leather. Leather. Folio. J. A. Endter, Nuremberg, Germany. 1726 (missing the title page, so this is an estimation). (144) , 740 pp. ; (2) , 512 pp. ; 480, (16) pgs. Text in double & triple column. Illustrated wtih engraved titles and plates. Bound in full calf leather with titles and raised bands present to the spine with leather clasps present to the boards.. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards (boards are scuffed and worn to the edges with a gouge missing front the front board). Foxing present. Lacking title page and first few leaves. One engraving torn in half, several pages have tears and a hole present. Previous owner's name present to the reverse of the FFEP. Text is free of marks, binding tight and solid. Editors were Johann Gerhard (1582-1637) , theologian at Jena, and his successor Salomon Glass (1593-1656) , and others. This was the most popular German Bible of its time, using Martin Luther's text of his 1545 edition including the Book of Ezra. The glossary, and each chapter is accompanied by texts from S. Glassius' "Biblisches Handbüchlein" (Nuremberg, c. 1654) , 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. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Title
- Biblia Das Ist Die Ganze Heilige Schrifft Altes Und Neues Testaments
- Author
- Martin Luther
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- EB
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Calf
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Title Page
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- Leaves
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- Spine
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- Folio
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