1 vol.
(Bible in German.) Biblia, Das ist: Die Heilige Schrift Altes und Neues Testaments,... D. Martin Luthers,... Nebst einem Anhang ... Germantown [PA]: Christoph Saur, 1763. 2nd ed. 4to, orig full paneled calf over hardwood bds; scuffed, corners rubbed & bumped, joints starting to crack, bottom of spine & bottom front corner at joint worn away, metal clasp bases & holders present. Some dust smudging at edges of title-page, occasional dampstaining at upper gutters & bottom edges, paper loss at head of leaf A1 (40 x 70mm) affecting center of ornament on recto & a few lines of text on verso, some worming mostly confined to blank margins of last signature - but just touching 5 or 6 letters. With separate title for NT. Lacking free endpapers. Leaf size 250 mm (Arndt 250mm). Ex-library, blind-stamp at head of title, ink number at foot of Vorrede, label on front paste-down. Complete: [4], 992, 277, [3]pp.
Arndt 269; Evans 9343.
The first Bible printed in America on American-made paper.