BIBLE IN GERMAN Biblia; das ist Das gantze H Schrifft alten

Sale 1932 - Lot 16

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HISTORIATED BRASS BINDING(BIBLE IN GERMAN.) Biblia; das ist, Das gantze H. Schrifft alten und newen Testaments, Deutsch, D. Martin. Luther. Numerous large engraved text illustrations after Melchior Küsel, Georg Andreas Wolfgang, Joachim von Sandrart, and others. [28], 302, 198, 160 leaves, including engraved additional general title and 2 divisional titles. Folio, early hinged brass binding elaborately embossed with Bible scenes, lacks catches and clasps, front hinge split; contents browned, scattered stains, lower outer corner torn off engraved general title, letterpress general title creased and torn with some text loss (including most of imprint), A3 torn and restored with some text and image loss, marginal restoration on approximately the last 10 leaves. Lüneburg, later 17th century?

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The binding decoration includes depictions of Adam and Eve surrounded by vignettes of the prophets Isaiah, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, and Daniel (front cover), and of the Ascension surrounded by vignettes of the Evangelists (rear cover), with the Annunciation and 2 unidentified New Testament scenes shown on the spine.<