nach der deutschen Uebersetzung von Martin Luther. ; Mit lehrreichen Vorreden, und vielen nützlichen und seltenen Registern versehen. ; Nebst dem dritten Buch der Maccabäer, und Zugabe des dritten und vierten Buchs Esra. ; Imgleichen: eine kurz gefasste Biblische Geschichte und Lebensbeschreibung Doctor Martin Luthers. ; [Three lines from Joshua].
Place of Publication
Lancaster, (Penn.)
Publisher
Gedruckt und im Verlage bey Johann Bär.,
Date of Publication
1819.
Physical Description
[10], 100, 12, [4], 738, 26, [4], 227, [1], 92 p., [2] leaves of plates : 2 ill. ; 38 cm.
Notes
Illustrations variously signed: Jas. Henry sculp; J. Henry sc. According to Bötte & Tannhof, the engraver is probably John Henry. Cf. Hamilton, S. "Early American book illustrators and wood engravers," no. 1704.
Advertised in "Der Volksfreund," Lancaster, Pa., Nov. 25, 1817.
Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.
Printed in two columns.
"Biblia" printed in Roman type.
"Subscribenten-Verzeichniss."--P. [5-9], 1st count. List of subscribers' names, organized by state. Printed in four columns.
"August Herman Frankens kurzer Unterricht, wie man die Heilige Schrift zu seiner wahren Erbauung lesen solle."--P. [1-2], 4th count.
"Das Neue Testament unsers Herrn und Heilandes, Jesu Christi. Verdeutschet durch Doctor Martin Luther."--227, [1] p., 7th count, with separate title page. Parentheses substituted for square brackets in transcription.
Includes indexes, p. [1]-92, 8th count. Printed in three columns.
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Bausman bible has genealogy of Andrew Bausman, 1806-1875 on page between the Old and New Testaments. Copy in family files.
Groff bible has genealogy 1773-1853 of Abraham Groff and Mary Bear on front of fly leaf.
Lehn bible has genealogy 1845-1880 of Christian Lehn and Mary Hartranft.
Lehn bible has genealogical notes and newspaper articles affixed to inside front cover, 1745-1873.
Lutz bible has genealogy 1797-1896 of Johanes Lutz born 1797 and Susanna Schwahr born 1804 in German and English before the New Testament.
Lutz bible: in English: All interred at Union Cemetery, Denver, Pa.; see family bible, Henry S. Goodspeed, pub. 1872.
Lutz bible: page after genealogical page and before the New Testament removed.
Lehn bible has affixed in upper right-hand corner of inside cover: "Henrich Miller, Buchbinder, in der Ost Oranien Strasse, gegenüber der Deutch Reformirten Kirche, Lancaster."
Two loose genealogical items (1814-1869) and three miscellaneous loose items removed to MG-399; Lehn family bible.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Bötte & Tannhof. German printing,
Groff bible: full leather gold tooled binding with both clasps missing.
Bausman bible: full leather blind tooled binding with one clasp missing and one loose.
Bausman bible housed in dark blue linen box with gold title.
Lehn bible: Full leather binding with clasps missing, edge gilding.
Lutz bible: Full leather binding with spine title; one clasp missing.
Biblia, das ist : die ganze Heilige Schrift alten und neuen Testaments : nach der deutschen Uebersetzung von Doctor Martin Luther : mit lehrreichen Vorreden, und vielen nützlichen und seltenen Registern versehen ; nebst dem dritten Buch der Maccabäer, und Zugabe des dritten und vierten Buchs Ezra : imgleichen, eine kurz gefasste Biblische Geschichte und Lebensbeschreibung Doctor Martin Luthers
Loose items removed to MG-399, Eby-Weaver/Weber family bible includes: "This German Bible belonged to Anna Eby, first wife of Abraham Weaver who was a direct descendant of the Webers (Weavers) original settlers of Weber Thal or Weaverland. This book presented to the Lancaster County Historical Society by Elizabeth Weaver and Gertrude M. Weaver, Jan. 1953."
Hand-decorated genealogy of Daniel Eby on back endpaper.
Four pages of Weaver and Eby genealogy laid in before the back endpaper.
Stamp of Henrich Miller, Buchbinder, In der Ost-Oranien=Strasse, gegenü̈ber der Deutsch Reformirten Kirche, Lancaster.
Full-page hand-drawn Taufschein for Anna Eby; second full-page hand-drawn Taufschien for Anna Eby precedes title page of the New Testament.
Laid in before p. 235 are a color engraving with poem of Jesus coming into Jerusalem (34 x 23 cm), a color drawing of a horse (10 x 8 cm), color drawing of flowers with note "Gedruckt und zu haben bey G. S. Peters, Harrisgurg, Pa. (9 x 10 cm), and tract No. 19 "Heavenly Tidings.
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