Nov 12, 2013 - Sale 2330

Sale 2330 - Lot 32

Price Realized: $ 1,062
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(BIBLE IN GERMAN.) Catholische Bibell; das ist, Alle Bücher der H. Schrifft. General and New Testament titles in red and black within woodcut historiated border; woodcut illustrations throughout by Virgil Solis. [8], 569, [1]; 165 leaves, including blank 5c6; lacks final blank. 2 parts in one volume. Folio, 358x233 mm, later blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards with brass catches and one clasp (of 2); varying marginal soiling, scattered stains, general title torn slightly along fore edge and mounted, last several leaves crudely remargined with text loss on verso of last leaf, 19th-century owners' notes on endpapers. Cologne: heirs of Johann Quentel & Gervinus Calenius, 1564

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Roman Catholic version by Johann Dietenberger first published in 1534.