‎Bible‎

‎Bible. English. Authorized. 1970.‎

‎The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments in the King James Version‎

‎Nashville Crusade Bible Publishers 1970. The Crusade Analytical Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cream leatherette. Colour portrait hologram to front panel. All edges gilt. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 0 pages; Complete with excellent full-color illustrations. Description: 1000 608 40 96 p. Illus. part col. 30 cm. Subjects: The Holy Bioble. The Holy Bible - King James Version. Nashville, Crusade Bible Publishers hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 99763

‎Bible. English. Living Bible. 1971. Rembrandt Illus.‎

‎The Living Bible Paraphrased. Rembrandt Illustrated Edition‎

‎New York Abradale Press 1971. Rembrandt Illustrated Edition. Exceptional; a fine copy in the original decorative gilt-blocked leather. All edges gilt with red ribbon. Complete with gilt box-case. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 0 pages; Impressively illustrated in full-color includes maps. Subjects: Bible --Paraphrases English. New York, Abradale Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 106798 ISBN : 0810912600 9780810912601

‎Bible. English‎

‎The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke and conferred with the best translations in divers languages‎

‎London: Christopher Barker 1583. New Testament title within elaborate border with woodcut map on verso large woodcut of Jerusalem and temple on f 402 woodcut of Ezekial's vision on ff 362 a few other woodcuts and decorative initials throughout. 12 437 2 438-532 1 137 6 leaves. Black letter text printed in two columns with shoulder notes separate title pages for Psalms Apocrypha and N.T. calendar printed in red and black prelims from a slightly shorter copy. Large folio 41 x 26.5 cm. Contemporary calf rebacked and remargined large centerpiece to upper cover. Lacking 10 leaves of preliminaries including general title and full page engraving of Adam and Eve in the garden all in inexpert facsimile and lacking final three leaves of tables and final leaf "A perfite supputation" including colophon marginal loss to several prelims burnholes to margin of ff 328-339 in O.T. with resulting loss of text inexpertly restored in manuscript small burnhole ff 97-99 N.T. but overall internally clean and bright restoration to binding edges worn. New Testament title within elaborate border with woodcut map on verso large woodcut of Jerusalem and temple on f 402 woodcut of Ezekial's vision on ff 362 a few other woodcuts and decorative initials throughout. 12 437 2 438-532 1 137 6 leaves. Black letter text printed in two columns with shoulder notes separate title pages for Psalms Apocrypha and N.T. calendar printed in red and black prelims from a slightly shorter copy. Large folio 41 x 26.5 cm. Folio Barker Bible Black Letter Geneva Edition. A magnificent folio Geneva bible printed in black letter by Christopher Barker. As often this copy lacks several preliminary and terminal leaves but the scriptures are complete. Woodcut illustrations include Solomon's temple a map situating the garden of Eden another detailing the Israelites' forty years wandering in the desert a large illustration of the Vision of Ezekiel a nearly full-page woodcut of the temple and city of Jerusalem restored and a map of the holy land on the verso of the New Testament title-page. Darlow and Moule 135; Herbert 178. Provenance: Ernest Bryan Gipps bookplate Christopher Barker unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 314886

‎Bible. English. 1823. Authorized ie. "King James Version". i. e.‎

‎The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments translated out of the original tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. With Canne's marginal notes and references. To which are added an index; an alphabetical table of all the names in the Old and New Testaments with their significations; tables of scripture weights measures and coins etc. Stereotyped by E. White New-York.‎

‎Philadelphia: Kimber and Sharpless 1823. 4to 29.5 cm 11.5". 2 blank frontis. 2 1 blank 3-4 6 5-570 frontis. 2 573-748 749-770 18 54 2 blank pp.; 10 plts. including 2 frontispieces and 8 full-page engravings. <br><br>Large thick quarto Bible. "Kimber and Sharpless Stereotype Edition" stated on title-page. No date stated. O'Callaghan says that "The first edition of this Bible was printed in 1823. The stereotype plates of the Old Testament were cast by Elihu White of New York; those of the New by B. & J. Collins. Kimber and Sharpless continued the publication of large and numerous editions until 1844 when they sold the plates to Jasper Harding."<br>    Contents include general title-page a note to the reader order of books contents of the Old and New Testaments Old Testament New Testament title-page New Testament Index and Tables Psalms of David and "A Brief Concordance to the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments." by John Brown. With two frontispieces and 8 additional full-page historical engravings.<br>    Provenance: Late 20th century bookplate of Michael Zinman on front pastedown. Ownership inscription dated 1889 on blank side of first frontispiece. <br>    <br>    Hills 460; O'Callaghan 161-162; Shaw & Shoemaker 11824. Contemporary sheep with four raised bands accented in gilt and forming compartments. The second compartment bears a red morocco label and "Holy Bible" stamped on it in gilt. Binding a bit rubbed front joint opening a bit about 1" at top. Foxed as expectable. Long tear to pp. 401-402 without loss of text but definitely affecting it. Evidence of two leaves of family records between the Old and New Testaments having been torn out. Most of the pages of John Brown's Concordance are waterstained in margins. Red silk bookmark laid in. Complete. Kimber and Sharpless hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 4731

‎Bible. English. 1837. Authorized ie. "King James Version". i. e.‎

‎The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated out of the original tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised with Canne's marginal notes and references.‎

‎Cooperstown N.Y.: H. & E. Phinney 1837. 4to 28 cm 11". Frontis. 768 pp.; 10 plts. <br><br>One of the Phinneys' series of stereotyped quarto Bibles of which 138 editions were published between August 1822 and winter 1848. The Phinney brothers Henry and Elihu carried on the business their father Elihu Phinney had started in 1795; the elder Phinney had established a press bookshop and newspaper after resettling in Cooperstown from Connecticut. James Fenimore Cooper a delegate to the 1816 convention that formed the American Bible Society learned to set type in his shop — for fun Hills 69. The younger Phinneys however were not to be restricted to one shop: They sold their stock which consisted of their own publications together with books brought in from Philadelphia and New York from large travelling wagons and established a "bookboat" on the Erie Canal that enabled them to reach a larger portion of western New York.<br>    The New Testament here has a separate title-page and the volume is llustrated with 10 wood engraved plates including two frontispieces. <br>    <br>    Hills English Bible in America 972. Contemporary sheep gilt-lettered on the spine. Binding rubbed with abrasions along edges and joints spine pulled at head. Ex-library with white-lettered shelf number on spine. Light foxing. One plate with tear from bottom edge not intruding upon illustration. Small hole to one leaf with loss of several letters of marginal notes. H. & E. Phinney unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 15822

‎Bible. English. Authorized ie. "King James Version". 1831. i. e.‎

‎The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised by His Majesty's special command.‎

‎Oxford: Pr. at the University Press by Samuel Collingwood & Co. 1831. 24mo. 528 ff. <br><br>A lovely gift Bible presented in the 19th century to one James Henry Newman by five members of his immediate family.<br>    Binding: Contemporary embossed rich cordovan-colored morocco cathedral binding featuring inter alii the Holy Ghost in Pentacostal dove–form the Agnus Dei and stained/leaded glass "windows" both pointed and rosette. Spine additionally with gilt-stamped title; turn-ins with blind-roll design. All edges brightly gilt. <br>    <br>    Not in Herbert. Binding as above in beautiful condition. First front fly-leaf with early inked familial gift inscription including an explanation of one brother's having opted out of the group present!; second front fly-leaf with inked dedicatory poem. Pr. at the University Press by Samuel Collingwood & Co. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 22266

‎Bible. English. King JamesRobert Barker Printer‎

‎The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New. Newly Translated Out of the Originall Greek; and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised By His Majesties Special Command; Appointed to be Read in Churches‎

‎London: Robert Barker and Assigns John Bill 1634. Quarto in 8s. 2 34pp. genealogies 3pp. dedication 9 to the reader 1pp. order of books pp. 1-582 Old Testament Apocrypha ends on p. 718; New Testament ends on p. 904; colophon on p. 904. Black letter in double columns. General and New Testament titles within woodcut historiated border. Both title pages state translated out of "Original Greek" with "darknesse" instead of "darkenesse" in Genesis 1:4 undated genealogies bound in at front prior to title page with the Apocrypha without map. Uniquely bound in earlier 19th century polished calf over beveled wooden boards ornately tooled in blind and gilt inner gilt dentelles marbled endpapers all edges red margins trimmed close just entering some headlines or side notes some light marginal soiling very minor worming in blank lower margins of a few leaves in front and middle of book. A very attractive copy from the library of William Otter Gibbs with his bookplate: Gibbs was a 2nd Lieut. 7th Hussars February and Lieut. November 1900. In the South African Boer War served 1901-2 with 7th Hussars in operations in Cape Colony Orange River Colony and Transvaal; awarded Queen's Medal with five clasps. Captain Ap. 1907. Seconded to be Brigade Major of Eastern Mounted Brigade Territorial March 1913-March 1916. In the Great War served in Gallipoli Anzac October-December 1915: in Egypt December 1915-October 1916 Staff Officer Western Defense Force; Brigade Major Coastal Area: in France October-December 1917 as Major 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regt.; in Mesopotamia Ap. 1918-Ap. 1919 with 7th Hussars and in command of them from September 1918. Wounded at Shergat nr. Mosul 28 October 1918. Awarded 1914-15 Star British War Medal Allies' Victory War Medal: Croix de Guerre avec palme: mentioned twice in dispatches 1916 and 1919. Lieut.-Colonel 1919 and in the Regular Army Reserve of Officers from 1920. One of the Exons of the King's Bodyguard of Yeomen of the Guard from 1926. From his family genealogy Herbert 487-b. Robert Barker and Assigns John Bill unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 022062

‎Bible. English. Webster. 1833.‎

‎The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments in the common version with amendments of the language by Noah Webster.‎

‎New Haven: Durrie & Peck; Sold by Hezekiah Howe & Co. and by N. & J. White 1833. 8vo 23 cm; 9". xvi 907 pp. <br><br>First edition of the Bible in English Authorized Version tailored for American readers by Noah Webster 1758–1843. "His purpose was to remove obsolete words and those offensive to delicacy" Rumball-Petre Webster himself further stipulating "To avoid giving offense to any denomination of christian sic I have not knowingly made any alteration to the passages of the present version on which the different denominations rely for the support of their peculiar tenets" Preface p. iv. Webster further explains that the purpose of his revisions is to make the language clearer and purer so as to not "divert the mind from the matter to the language of the scriptures and thus in a degree frustrate the purpose of giving instruction" Preface p. xvi.<br>    Webster considered his work on the revision of the Bible more important than that on the dictionary and was sorely disappointed at the Bible's poor reception among all levels of readers.<br>    Provenance: 19th-century ownership signatures of Luther P. Hubbard undated and R.T. Hall 1894; after ca. 1954 in The Howell Bible Collection Pacific School of Religion properly released. <br>    <br>    Darlow & Moule 1793; Hills 826; Rumball-Petre 197. Publisher's sheep spine dry and tending to flake; front board once detached and resecured with a cloth tape repair at the hinge inside. Foxing as usual. Priced to encourage better repair to its binding this is a complete sound copy. Durrie & Peck; Sold by Hezekiah Howe & Co., and by N. & J. White hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 33830

‎BIBLE. FISCHER B. ao. eds. a. o.‎

‎Latin. Biblia sacra iuxta vulgatam versionem adiuvantibus Bonifatio Fischer J. Gribomot H.F.D. Sparks W. Thiele. Recensuit et brevi apparatu instruxit Robertus Weber. Vol. 1: Genesis-Psalmi. Vol. 2: Proverbia-Apocalypsis. Appendix. 2 vols.‎

‎Stuttgart 1969 Or.green cloth. sl. soiled XXXI 1980 pp. Printed on thin paper. Latin. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 56581

‎Bible. Foy Hans illus‎

‎Ecclesiastes. With a Wood Engraving and Eight Trial Drawings‎

‎Washington D.C.: Judd & Detweiler 1958. First edition. Cloth. Owner's bookplate else a fine copy. Unpaged. 45 pp. illus. Illus. with 1 b/w engraving and 8 drawings. Tall 4to. Lester Douglas designer and dir. Inscribed by the designer; to wood engraver John De Pol with his bookplate; includes his Christmas card and a National Press Club invitation. Judd & Detweiler hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 37710

‎Bible. Fran?ais. ?cole biblique de J?rusalem. 1992‎

‎La Bible de Jrusalem‎

‎Iris-diffusion. Used - Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Iris-diffusion unknown‎

Bookseller reference : GRP75224608 ISBN : 2890921220 9782890921221

‎Bible. Francais. Extraits. 2001; Brunetti Jean Claude; Diffusion catechistique Lyon‎

‎Ta parole est un trésor TRESORS DE LA FOI - CE2/CM2 French Edition‎

‎Tardy Religieux 2003. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Tardy Religieux paperback‎

Bookseller reference : G2710503190I3N00 ISBN : 2710503190 9782710503194

‎Bible. Fran?ais. Extraits. 2001 Brunetti Jean Claude Diffusion cat?chistique Lyon‎

‎Ta parole est un trsor‎

‎Tardy Religieux. Used - Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Tardy Religieux unknown‎

Bookseller reference : GRP78037111 ISBN : 2710503190 9782710503194

‎Bible. Fraktur Style Grove/Musselman Family Record‎

‎HOLY BIBLE. With Hitchcock's New and Complete Analysis.‎

‎1159 p. + Engravings, maps, etc. + Fraktur style colored [red, green, yellow & purple] manuscript Grove/Musselman Family Record [4p.]. Executed in a style similar to the dwarf Amish artist = Barbara Ebersol, with each letter varnished in a glossy "glare". Quite extraordinary. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 011B‎

‎BIBLE. FRENCH‎

‎La Bible MoralisÈe De La BibliothËque Nationale DíAutriche Codex Vindobonensis 2554 RÈproduite En Fac-SimilÈ IntÈgral‎

‎Paris: Club Du Livre ñ Philippe Lebaud …diteur 1973. Limited to 3000 copies one of 2000 numbered copies reserved for the members of the Club du Livre. The facsimile was printed at Graz in Austria by Akademische Druck-U. Verlagsanstalt and bound in Paris by the Ateliers Richert. 2 Volumes. folio. ff. 67; pp. vii 93 1. the colour facsimile of the original illuminated manuscript bound in full elaborately blind-stamped calf in period style the accompanying text volume with commentary of Reiner Haussherr bound in silk. Fine copies in scuffed cloth clamshell box Paris: Club Du Livre ñ Philippe Lebaud …diteur, [1973] hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : elala4461

‎Bible. French. 183940. Martin.‎

‎La Sainte Bible . revue . par David Martin.‎

‎New York: St�r�otyp� par Henry W. Rees pour la Soci�t� Biblique Americaine D. Fanshaw Imprimeur 1839�40. 8vo. 819 1 blank pp. 261 1 blank pp. <br><br>Only the second edition in the U.S. of the Martin edition of the French Bible. Prior to 1835 the American Bible Society favored using the text of the 1805 French Bible.<br>    Binding: This copy is exquisitely bound in full black leather in good imitation of morocco elaborately stamped in gold on the covers forming a five-element frame or border with gilt tooling on the board edges and with gilt inner dentelles. The spine has slightly raised bands and elaborate gold stamping in its compartments. => This is the second copy of this Bible that we have had and we are convinced that this is a publisher's deluxe leather binding. A choice of colors was apparently available for the other copy we had was of an olive-green color.<br>    Provenance: The name "Sarah B. Leverett" is lettered in gilt on the front cover and the same name is given in precise gothic calligraphy on the front free endpaper. <br>    <br>    Not in O'Callaghan; not in Darlow & Moule. Bound as above corners a little bumped with a bit of long ago refurbishing thereto dulling outermost elements of gilt border only on front cover just at those corners. Evidence to endpapers of the volume's once having been sewn into a chemise or wrapper; old notes just discernable not really readable in a minute hand on front free endpaper i.e. "behind" Sarah's name. Faint waterstaining in lower inside area for the first few pages only. The whole very attractive and well preserved. St�r�otyp� par Henry W. Rees, pour la Soci�t� Biblique Americaine, D. Fanshaw, Imprimeur hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 2666

‎Bible. French‎

‎Les �pitres catholiques de Saint Jacques Saint Jude et Saint Pierre‎

‎Paris: Les Editions Du CERF 1961. Traduites par R. Leconte 2e �dition revue. 148 3p. original stiff wrappers ex libris La Sainte Bible. Les Editions Du CERF unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 024906

‎Bible. French. 1832. Le Maistre de Sacy.‎

‎La Sainte Bible qui contient le Vieux et le Nouveau Testament: Imprimee sur l'edition de Paris de l'annee 1805. Edition stereotype revue et corrigee avec soin d'apres les textes Hebreu et Grec.‎

‎New York: Imprime avec des planches solides aux frais de La Societe Biblique Americaine. par Daniel Fanshaw 1832. 12mo. 789 1 blank 207 3 blank pp. <br><br>Stated third edition. Prepared for use among Catholic French Canadians and Catholic French emigrés in the U.S. Contemporary sheep spine with raised bands forming five compartments and gilt ruling above and below each band. One compartment bears a black leather label with "Sainte Bible" gilt-stamped on it. Binding rubbed especially over joints and edges. Some foxing pages mostly clean. Call number on spine bookplate on front pastedown but no library markings in text. Very good condition. Imprime avec des planches solides aux frais de La Societe Biblique Americaine. par Daniel Fanshaw hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 35192

‎BIBLE. GAELIC‎

‎Leabhraichean An T-Seann Tiomnaidh. Air An Tarruing O'N Cheud Chanain Chum Gaelig Albannaich.Tiomnadh Nuadh.Sailm Dhaibhidh.‎

‎Edinburgh & Glasgow: The National Bible Society of Scotland 1897. 1897. 3 Parts in 1 with separate titles. 8vo. pp. 789; 264; 97. text in double columns. original blind-stamped calf upper rear joint split light foxing to outer leaves but overall a very nice copy. This edition not listed in Darlow and Moule. Edinburgh & Glasgow: The National Bible Society of Scotland, 1897. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : TBLabBIB47

‎Bible. German. Goeb: 1813. SOMERSET BIBLE.‎

‎BIBLIA Das ist: Die ganze Gottliche Heilige Schrifft Alten und Neuen Testaments nach der deutschen Uebersetzung Dr. Martin Luthers. Mit jades Capitels kurzen Summarien auch beygefugten vielen nd richtigen Paralellen. Nebst schicklichen Nutzanwendungen zu den funf Buchern Mosis dem Hohelied Salomonis und der Offenbarung S. Johannis. Die erste Auflage.‎

‎Gedruckt und zu finden bey Friedrich Goeb Somerset PA: . 1813 pp. 4 527 66; 169; 3. With caption title separate pagination and signatures; Apocrypha - 66 p. - With second title-page separate pagination and signatures: 'Das neue Testament unsers Herrn und Heylandes Jesu Christi von Dr. Martin Luther.' Small Folio. 320 mm. 9 x 13". Old age and damp stain. Old ink stain in gutters of rear leaves. Worn leather over beveled oak boards binding. No clasps remain. The famous Somerset German Bible of 1813 is the first Bible published west of the Allegheny Mountains. Charles Friedrich Goeb was a Mennonite minister as well as a master printer in Western Pennsylvania. He came to Somerset PA in 1809. Printing the bible was an enomous undertaking especially in the wilderness that was then Somerset. It involved: the setting of millions of pieces of type; carving the titlepage and ornament blocks; purchasing storing and printing at least 50000 large full sheets of paper; binding probably 500 copies. In addition he apparently also wrote: the Preface the Remarks prefixed to each chapter of the Five Books of Moses the Commentary to the Song of Solomon and St. John's Revelations. Goeb calls this the 'Die Erste Auflage First Edition on both the General and New Testament title pages. He may have been referring to the remarks that he added. GLP/USA 2004; Studer. Frederick Goeb Master Printer. pp. xvii-xvii; AI/S&S 27883; O'Callaghan. List of the Editions of the Holy Scriptures 114; Seidensticker p. 190. SCARCE. JUN_GER1. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Gedruckt und zu finden bey Friedrich Goeb, Somerset [PA]: . hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 002JUNGER1

‎Bible. German Fine Binding‎

‎Die Bibel das ist Alle Bu�cher der ganzen Heiligen Schrift des Alten und Neuen Testaments : nach der in Zu�rich kirchlich eingefu�hrten Uebersetzung auf's neue mit Gorgfalt durchgesehen.‎

‎Zurich : Zu�rich gedruckt bey Orell Fu�ssli und Compagnie 1824. Book measures 16 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches. Collation 815 pages. Bound in original publishers leather backed wooden boards raised bands two leathermetal clasps and five square decorative metal studs on each board full marble edges coloured endpapers. Calf has some very minor wear hinge joints rubbed but boards very firm. A very nice period binding. Internally pages very clean throughout. A very nice clean copy in a very unusual attractive binding. . Full Period Calf. Very Good Plus. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Zu�rich, gedruckt bey Orell, Fu�ssli und Compagnie, Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 096619

‎Bible. German. 1860. Allioli.‎

‎Die Heilige Schrift des Alten u. Neuen Testaments aus der Vulgata mit Bezug auf den Grundtext neu Ubersetzt und mit kurzen Anmerkungen erl�utert.‎

‎New York & Cincinnati: Benziger Brothers 1860-1869. Folio. 9 ff. 1244 2 371 pp.; illus. <br><br>German Catholic Bible. Title-page printed in red and black four leaves in back with ornate borders and blank areas for family information. "Von Joseph Franz von Allioli. Mit Approbation des apostolischen Stuhles. Mit Holzschnitten nach Zeichnungen der ersten K�nstler Deutschlands." Text printed in double columns. Profusely illustrated. 19th-century sheep spine gilt-lettered; front cover detached back joint starting binding rubbed as usual loss of leather on corners and some loss on edges. Foxing throughout. Tear and slight tattering to pp. 17/18 tear extending into text and costing several letters marginal tear to pp. 23/24 and 25/26 pp. 371 tattered at margins without affecting text. Benziger Brothers hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 15833

‎Bible. German. 1899‎

‎Textbibel des Alten und Neuen Testaments in Verbindung mit zahlreichen Fachgelehrten.‎

‎Freiberg Leipzig und Tubingen Mohr 1899. Hard Cover. 3 vols. in two: viii 1140 4 212 p. and 4 288 p.; 23 cm. Hrsg. von E. Kautzsch. Das Neue Testament in der Ãœbersetzung von Carl Weizsäcker. Apokryphen 212 pp. at end of first vol. Neue Testament bound as a separate volume. Stock#36649. Good half leather. Freiberg, Leipzig und Tubingen, Mohr, 1899 hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 36649

‎Bible. German. Goeb: 1813. SOMERSET BIBLE.‎

‎BIBLIA, Das ist: Die ganze Gottliche Heilige Schrifft, Alten und Neuen Testaments, nach der deutschen Uebersetzung Dr. Martin Luthers. Mit jades Capitels kurzen Summarien, auch beygefugten vielen nd richtigen Paralellen. Nebst schicklichen Nutzanwendungen zu den funf Buchern Mosis, dem Hohelied Salomonis und der Offenbarung S. Johannis. Die erste Auflage.‎

‎pp. [4], 527, [66]; 169; [3]. With caption title, separate pagination and signatures; Apocrypha - [66] p. - With second title-page, separate pagination and signatures: 'Das neue Testament unsers Herrn und Heylandes Jesu Christi, von Dr. Martin Luther.' Small Folio. 320 mm. 9 x 13". Old age and damp stain. Old ink stain in gutters of rear leaves. Worn leather over beveled oak boards binding. No clasps remain. The famous Somerset German Bible of 1813, is the first Bible published west of the Allegheny Mountains. Charles Friedrich Goeb was a Mennonite minister, as well as a master printer in Western Pennsylvania. He came to Somerset, PA in 1809. Printing the bible was an enomous undertaking, especially in the wilderness that was then Somerset. It involved: the setting of millions of pieces of type; carving the titlepage and ornament blocks; purchasing, storing, and printing at least 50,000 large full sheets of paper; binding probably 500 copies. In addition, he apparently also wrote: the Preface, the Remarks prefixed to each chapter of the Five Books of Moses, the Commentary to the Song of Solomon and St. John's Revelations. Goeb calls this the 'Die Erste Auflage (First Edition) on both the General and New Testament title pages. He may have been referring to the remarks that he added. GLP/USA 2004; Studer. Frederick Goeb, Master Printer. pp. xvii-xvii; AI/S&S 27883; O'Callaghan. List of the Editions of the Holy Scriptures, 114; Seidensticker p. 190. SCARCE. JUN_GER1‎

‎BIBLE. GOODSPEED Edgar J. & SMITH JM. Powis eds. J. M.‎

‎The short Bible. An American translation. Edited by. . . .‎

‎New York: Modern Library c. 1933. 12mo. x 545 5 pp. Blue cloth gilt & burgundy lettrng w/ d.j. price-clppd listing to 388 titles on verso NF/VG. Early printing of No. 57 in the Modern Library Series. Modern Library, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 36928