522 - Biblia latino-germanica - The Holy Bible, Vulgate Edition, Approved by Order of Pope Sixtus V ... Edited by Father Germanus Cartier, Third Edition. 4 volumes. With 65 copperplate engravings by Pintz, J. C. Müller, C. G. Gittemberger, and others. Constance, Betz, 1770. 37 x 22.5 cm. Contemporary brown leather bindings with spine labels (2 covers with a few wormholes, scuffed, corners bumped).

Biblia latino-germanica - The Holy Bible, Vulgate Edition, Approved by Order of Pope Sixtus V ... Edited by Father Germanus Cartier, Third Edition. 4 volumes. With 65 copperplate engravings by Pintz, J. C. Müller, C. G. Gittemberger, and others. Constance, Betz, 1770. 37 x 22.5 cm. Contemporary brown leather bindings with spine labels (2 covers with a few wormholes, scuffed, corners bumped). Third edition of the well-known Cartier Bible, featuring new copperplate engravings compared to previous editions. — Brunet I, 881 — Darlow/Moule 4245 — cf. ADB IV, 36 — *The Bible in Germany*, p. 272ff. “For ten years, the professors at the monastic school of the Benedictine Abbey of Ettenheim worked on the Bible translation under the direction of Germanus Cartier. A distinctive feature of this work is that it is divided not into three parts, as had been the case previously, but into four: Genesis through Chronicles, Ezra through Jesus Sirach, the Prophets and Maccabees, and the New Testament. Another new feature is that beneath each page, in small print, there is a detailed Latin commentary drawn from the Church Fathers and contemporary exegetes. The Benedictines of Ettenheimmünster did not simply want to add a new translation to the existing ones; as evidenced by the length of time the work took, they strove with great zeal to create a truly useful German translation. In the preface, they speak of their struggle to achieve good German." (Bible in German) — Parallel text printed in two columns, Latin and German side by side, with extensive footnotes. — Brown or mildew stains in places and moisture stains along the edge. *