32 - Theology - Biblia Germanica

Theology - Biblia Germanica The entire Bible, that is, all the books of the Old and New Testaments, translated into German as faithfully as possible from the original languages. 2 parts in 1 volume. With 2 red, old-style woodcut title borders and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. Zurich, Froschauer, 1560. Folio. 29 leaves (excluding the last blank one), CCCXXXIV, CCCXV leaves (excluding the last blank one). Contemporary leather binding on 5 bands (heavily scuffed, cover with missing sections, headbands with tears). A later edition of the large, richly illustrated German Froschauer Bible. - VD16 B 2751 - Vischer C 562 - Rudolphi 518. - The Froschauer Bible is considered, both typographically and artistically, one of the most significant Bible prints of all time. A large portion of the detailed woodcuts (particularly those for the Old Testament and the Book of Revelation) are based on drawings by Hans Holbein the Younger. Froschauer and Zwingli emphasized that the vivid scenes should be “lively and inspiring” to help readers better remember and understand the content of the biblical texts. - Title page slightly browned, with small stains and some tears backed with paper; fol. 28 with a backed tear; vol. 2, approx. 70 leaves with continuous small brown or moisture stains; 1 leaf with reinforcement along the outer margin; the last 14 leaves with backed-up larger marginal defects; 2 leaves with minor loss of text, last leaf stained and with significant loss of text, backed up across the entire page, with some small water stains, but overall a good, clean copy. Theology. — A later edition of the large, richly illustrated German Froschauer Bible. - VD16 B 2751 - Vischer C 562 - Rudolphi 518. - The Froschauer Bible is considered one of the most significant Bible prints of all time, both typographically and artistically. A large portion of the detailed woodcut illustrations (particularly those for the Old Testament and the Book of Revelation) are based on drawings by Hans Holbein the Younger. Froschauer and Zwingli emphasized that the vivid scenes should be “lively and inspiring” to help readers better remember and understand the content of the biblical texts. - Title page slightly browned, with small tears (some backed), some with small water stains; fol. 28 has a backed tear; vol. 2 has approximately 70 folios with continuous small brown or moisture stains throughout; 1 leaf with a reinforced outer margin, the last 14 leaves with reinforced larger marginal defects, including 2 leaves with minor text loss; the last leaf is stained and has significant text loss, reinforced across the entire page, but overall a good, clean copy.