Apr 14, 2015 - Sale 2380

Sale 2380 - Lot 66

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(BIBLE IN GERMAN.) Yoder, Don; editor. The German Bible in America, with 25 Original Leaves. Includes a pair of pamphlets with the introductory text in English and German, each 20 pages; plus 31 sample leaves from German-language Bibles dated 1743 to 1890, including the six leaves found only in the deluxe edition, each tipped into individual gilt-embossed folders, all housed in a gilt cloth clamshell box as issued. Folio; copy "C" of 10 deluxe copies. New Haven, CT, 2012
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Includes leaves from all three Saur Bibles and much more. A spectacular tribute to the rich history of German-language printing in America.