Biblia, das ist: Die ganze Heilige Schrift des Alten und neuen Testaments Aus der hebraischen und griechischen Sprache, in welcher sie anfangs von den Propheten und Aposteln geschreiben worden, ubersezt durch Johann Biscator
Bern: Beat Friedrich Fischer (Printer), 1784. Original 1784 Printing. Hardcover. Stiff brown leather over thick, beveled boards. Five raised bands on spine. No title to covers/spine. 5 square brass decorations, each with a center nodule, on each cover/corner and large raised bands attached with two brass fasteners to head/tail of spine. Remainders of two brass/leather hinge closures attached to edges of covers, but parts in between missing. Stunning, hand-colored, specially-made gift inscription page bound in (from 1834, Germany). (8) + 252 + 336 + 222 + 258 pp. Page edges toned red. No illustrations. Two lovely, old German ephemeral pieces laid in, one hand-written, one printed and illustrated. Oversize and heavy (9 pounds) and will require extra postage. Binding solid and contents free of extraneous marks but with a spot here and there and age toning to some pages. (Old) worm holes to back 1/3 of the book (one or two per page until about page 57 of the last section and especially prolific in the very last pages/end pages. Holes, however, are mostly on the margins. Covers have general shelf/age wear; spine head/tail raised bands detaching with small pieces missing; front outer hinge cracked but binding still secure. soiling to end papers; modern book plate (1975) on ffep. Staining to margins of pages, beginning with the hand-colored gift inscription (outside the black borders) through page 28 of the first section. Item #156190
Bible, in three main sections with separate, florid-text title pages for each (Old Testament, Apochrypha, New Testament), translated by Johann Biscator (sometimes listed as Piscator), German theologian, magistrate and translator. Text in Old German. A brief summary of the Bible precedes the main text. The text of the gift inscription reads: "Diese Biblia is mein, Elisabeth Hebi von Seeberg. Ist mir vone meiner geliebten Tansgotten Serena Hebi zu Niederons auf das Neujahr 1834 zum Geschenk gegeben...(?)." The Bible was a gift to Elisabeth Hebi of Seeburg (likely Seeburg, Lower Saxony) from her Godparents/mother, Serena Hebi, as a gift at the New Year 1834, possibly for Elisabeth's baptism.
Price: $400.00