Biblia, das ist: Die gantze Heilige Schrift des Alten und Neuen Testaments, wie solche von Herrn Doctor Martin Luther Seel. im Jahre Christi 1522 in unsere Deutsche Mutter-Sprach zu übersetzen angefangen, anno 1534 zu End gebracht, und vor einigen Jahren bereits mit den Summarien Herrn Johann Sauberti Seel., auch mit dem Vielfältigen und Mehrreichen Nutzen / über alle Capittel / des Herrn D. Salomon Blassens Seel. ausgefertiget […].

Folio: [92]-1181-[23] pp. (front. partly preserved, title in facs. on old paper; toned, margins of 1st quires expertly repaired).

Contemp. blind-stamped embossed calf over wood, edges bevelled inside, covers with fine blind roll-stamps (and title "Biblia Sacra" at front, and date "1729" on lower cover), spine with 5 raised bands (repaired), tooled metal embossed corner pieces and central piece, tooled metal clasps and catches (all renewed).

Imposing copy of the 21st ed. of Luther’s translation in the so-called "Endter" or "Kurfürstenbibel", with 143 woodcuts after Johann Jacob Sandrart (i.a. engraved by Elias Porzel) and 20 full-page engravings, with portraits of Luther and of 11 Electors of Saxony, from Friedrich der Weise (d. 1525) to Bernhard der Grosse (d. 1639). Printed within ruled border, in gothic type, in 2 col.
Ref. VD-18 1525772X. - Not in Bibles Paris, Darlow/Moule. - Cp. Ph. Schmidt, Die Illustration der Lutherbibel (Basel 1977) pp. 382-391.
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