Lubingen, 1888. Hardcover. Heavy wooden boards. Leather covers with five ribs on the spine. Half of one clasp remains. 1000+ pages. Illustrated in black-and-white. Several nails from where the front emblems were attached remain on the front cover. More
Luneburg, Germany: Cornelius Johann Stern, 1711. Original. Hardcover. Decorative cream velum / boards. 6 raised bands on spine. No title lettering. Numbering is for leaves, so actual page # would be double: [19] + 373 + [6] + 251 + [7] + 244 + [6] + [2]. With bw frontis..... More
New York: Amerikanische Bibel-Gesellschaft, 1837. Hardcover. Brown leather boards; two volumes in one; 828, 272. Text in German. More
Philadelphia: Georg W. Mentz und Sohn, 1831. Hardcover. Red boards with gilt lettering and illustration; gilted textblock edges; XIV, 1103, 352 pp.; illustration. Text in German. Only one additional copy located for sale of this edition. More
Berlin, Germany: Mann / Ganmed, 1933. Hardcover. grey paper boards w/ white red printed title label; vellum spine w/ red printing. approx 50 unpaginated pgs. plain grey slipcase. text in German. Appears to be a light handled and read copy, spending much of its existence in his slipcase. Produced on..... More
Johann Heinrich Richter, 1708. Hardcover. A large dark brown leatherbound Bible from 1708. Five ribs on the spine. Paged by the book- more than a thousand pages total. Black-and-white illustrations. More
Nurnberg: Johann Andrei Endters Seel. Erben, 1736. Original 1736 Printing. Hardcover. Enormous folio with blind-stamped, decorative leather over real wood boards with beveled edges. Ornate brass corner pieces (4 on each cover) and center medallion . Floridly-lettered title page in red/black Old German with bw illus. at bottom. Bw frontis..... More
Marburg: Johann Christian Krieger, 1820. Hardcover. Three-quarter brown leather with brown paper sides; 394 (4) pp. Text in German; this is the 1820 edition of the New Testament by Martin Luther. More
Philadelphia: Georg W. Mentz, Buchhändler, 1832. Original (Not a reprint). Hardcover. Brown leather/boards. Title block on spine removed. Two metal closures at fore edge (still working!). 4.5 x 7 inches. 504 pp. with 7 bw engravings. Text in Old German. New Testament only. The ownership stamp is of Maria Kaufman..... More
Berlin: Wegweister-Verl. 1927. Hardcover. German language text. Brown leather boards with preseed in design, 5 raised band spine. All edge red bookblock. 967 pages : Illustrations. German by Doctor Martin Luther . [Produced by] the People's Association of Book Lovers [as Meisterdr.]. Edited after the edition of 1545. and with..... More
Leipzig: Hirschfeld, 1836. Hardcover. Brown leather decorative boards with 2 metal clasps. Decorative carved and colored bookblock. VIII, 920, 257 pages. More
Hamburg, Germany: Hermann Heinrich Holle, 1740. Hardcover. Leather boards with decorative embossments on cover and back, gilt text on spine. 1650 pp. Highly decorative text and printing. Bw frontispiece. Text in German; The five versions are printed in parallel columns: Catholic, Luther, Reform, Yiddish, Dutch.; The Yiddish is in roman..... More
Basel: Emanuel Thurneysen, 1793. Original 1793 Edition. Hardcover. Tan faux leather boards; 3/4 leatherette; no title on covers.11 pp. (intro); 54 pp. (prelims); 620 pp. (Old Testament); 126 pp. (Apochrypha); and 216 pp. (New Testament). 12 bw plates; small motif illus. at end of each major section. Weighs 7 pounds..... More
Gedruckt zu Wittemberg: Durch Hans Lufft, 1541. Hardcover. Extensively tooled brown boards with metal corners and metal clasp closures, five raised bands on spine, [6], CCCL, CCCCXI [i.e. CCCCXV] , bw illustrations throughout. Old Testament, Martin Luther's translation, printed at Wittemberg by Hans Luft in 1541. With Vorrede (preface) by..... More
