Biblia, das ist: Die ganze göttliche Heilige Schrifft Alten und Neuen Testaments : nach der deutschen Uebersetzung D. Martin Luthers ; mit jedes Capitels kurzen Summarien, auch beygefügten vielen und richtigen Parallelen : nebst einem Anhang des dritten und vierten Buchs Esrä, und des dritten Buchs der Maccabäer
"Das Neue Testament unsers Herrn und Heylandes Jesu Christi, nach der deutschen Uebersetzung Dr. Martin Luthers, mit kurzem Inhalt eines jeden Capitels, und vollständiger Anweisung gleicher Schrift-Stellen. Wie auch aller Sonn- und Fest-tägigen Evangelien und Episteln. Dritte Auflage" has special title page.
This edition was published by the son of the publisher of the 1st edition, and consisted of 3000 copies. This is substantially the same as the 2d ed., 1763, and resembles the 1st ed., but with some slight changes and a new preface. Cf. J. Wright. Early Bibles of America, p. 46-47.
Head- and tail-pieces; initials.
"In 1776 he [i.e. Christoph Saur, the printer] had just completed a third edition (3000 copies) when the outbreak of the American War of Independence interupted the work, and nearly the whole of the unbound sheets were used to make cartridges"; cf. Darlow & Moule.
BIBLIA Das ist: Die gantze heilige Schrifft Teutsch. : Vnnd ... Psalmen Dauids vnd geistlichen Liedern wie sie von D. Luther, Lobwasser vnd andern ... gestellet
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Five pages of Eby family genealogy 1714-1833 following the New Testament and one-half page 1730-1772 preceding the New Testament. Photocopies housed in separate envelope.
Three examples of old repairs removed by conservator housed in separate envelope.
Approximately ten very fragile dried leaves, one colored drawing of the crucifixion on leather, one straight pin, and one strip of paper removed by conservator and placed in folder housed in separate envelope.
Five sheets 22 x 14 cm. of translations from Bible removed by conservator and placed in folder housed in separtate envelope.
Twenty-three colored slides and explanatory materials document progress of restoration in separate envelope.
Professionally restored by Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts including repaired pages new cover of blind-tooled full leather and clasps in a linen clam-shell box; original cover and clasps housed in separate linen clam-shell box.
Vollstandiges Marburger Gesang-Buch, zur Uebung der Gottseligkeit worinnen 615 auserlesene trost-reiche Psalmen und Gesange ... Martin Luthers und anderer gottseliger Lehrer : ordentlich in XII. Theile verfasset ... mit erbaulichen Morgen-, Abend-, Bu, Beicht- und Communion-Gebatlein vermehret
Mary Northamer her Book May the 21, 1787; Adam Northamer written at top of second flyleaf.
[Contents appear to be Lutheran as against the Reformed Church in the U. S.; the phrase "zu Ubungder Gottseligikeit" (hymnal 13565) ; in title is regularly found in the (Lutheran) Marberger Gesangbuch.].
Elaborate tooling on full leather binding, missing one clasp;patterned leaves on back of covers; tooling on gilt edges of pages.
