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.
Viewing bibles contingent on staff availability, an appointment may be required.
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.
The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments, with marginal references and readings, an introduction to the right understanding of the scriptures, the concise dictionary of the Bible explaining every important word, the Psalms in metre with explanatory notes and memoirs of Rev. John Brown and of Drs. Cooke and Porter, with much tabular and instructive matter, together with critical and explanatory notes and practical reflections
by Rev. John Brown, late Minister of the Gospel at Haddington, and Professor of Divinity to the Associate Synod ; with several thousand additional notes by Rev. Henry Cooke, D.D., LL.D., President, Assembly's College, Belfast.
Edition
New edition, with important additions by Rev. J.L. Porter, D.D., LL.D.
At head of title: Brown's self-interpreting Bible--revised, with important additions.
Publication date derived from copyright statement on reverse of main title page .
Additional, chromolithographed title pages precede main title page and the New Testament letterpress title page.
New Testament has additional letterpress title page.
Illustrative matter includes numerous steel engravings within text, twelve steel engraved plates, and eight plates with color maps.
Old and New Testaments paged continuously.
Three chromolithographed plates (2 double-sided) for keeping family records, bound in between Apocrypha and the New Testament.
Viewing bibles contingent on staff availabilty, an appointment may be required.
From the Collection of the Heritage Center Museum, P95.22.1.
Brubaker family genealogy 1851-1915.
Calligraphy by Wm. Henning.
Rebound by Pleasant View Book Bindery in 1997 preserving partial clasp and original leather covers but no title on new spine.
Publisher's binding: Dark brown morocco over wooden boards with raised beveled panels forming spandrels and two small fields between them on the sides. Beveled title panel in center of cover. Embossed and gilt-stamped floral, foliate, and arabesque ornamentation. Back cover the same as front cover. Spine decorated with five panels gilt-stamped with elaborate foliate ornamentation and one with gilt-stamped title, separated by raised bands, and enclosed at head and tail within gilt-stamped decorative borders. Ornamental gilt-stamped border on turn-ins. Endsheets lined with white paper printed in moire̹ silk pattern. All edges gilt.
