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(Bible in German.) Biblia, Das ist: Die Heilige Schrift Altes und Neues Testaments, Nach der Deutschen ... D. Martin Luthers,... Nebst einem Anhang ... Germantown [PA]: Christoph Saur, 1743. 1st ed. 4to, orig full paneled calf over hardwood bds; scuffed, corners rubbed, joints starting to crack, some loss at head of spine. Title in red & black. Title-page detached but present, some dampstaining & chipping at edges, occasional dampstaining at text gutters, light toning & scattered foxing, occasional minor spotting. Small paper loss at upper gutter portion of Vorrede leaf resulting in loss of a few mm at edge of ornament, small repair to leaf S21 - negligible loss to text, bottom blank fore-edge corner of leaf 6b4 chipped away, minor blank paper loss to 6K2. With separate title for NT. Without free endpapers. Old ms records on blank verso of 6K2 & front paste-down. Leaf size 247mm (Arndt 250mm). Ex-library, label on front paste-down, ink number at foot of Vorrede recto. Leaf of 18th- & 19th-century family records inserted. Complete: [4], 995, [1], 277, [7]pp.
Arndt 47, variant B title-page; Evans 5728.
The first Bible printed in the British Colonies in America in a European language.