523 - Biblia latino-germanica - The Holy Bible, Vulgate Edition, Approved by Order of Pope Sixtus V ... Edited by Father Germanus Cartier. 4 parts in 2 volumes. With 64 (5 folded) copper plates by Georg David Nessenthaler, Elias Schaffhauser, Tobias Lobeck, Georg Pintz, and Johann Gottfried Tholot. Constance, Betz, 1751. (34), 754 (err. 758), (4); (2), 572 (err. 562); (2), 588; (2), 571, (53), 12 pp. 39 x 24 cm. Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin bindings on wooden boards (clasps defective, rubbed, and somewhat stained).

Biblia latino-germanica - The Holy Bible, Vulgate Edition, Approved by Order of Pope Sixtus V ... Edited by Father Germanus Cartier. 4 parts in 2 volumes. With 64 (5 folded) copper plates by Georg David Nessenthaler, Elias Schaffhauser, Tobias Lobeck, Georg Pintz, and Johann Gottfried Tholot. Constance, Betz, 1751. (34), 754 (err. 758), (4); (2), 572 (err. 562); (2), 588; (2), 571, (53), 12 pp. 39 x 24 cm. Contemporary blind-stamped pigskin bindings on wooden boards (clasps defective, rubbed, and somewhat stained). *The Bible in Germany*, pp. 272 ff. — Brunet I, 879 (Cologne) — Darlow/Moule 4245, note — Laor/Klein 813, 921, 922, 937. - “For ten years, the professors at the monastic school of the Benedictine Abbey of Ettenheim, under the direction of Germanus Cartier, worked on this Bible translation. 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. Each copperplate illustration features three biblical scenes, accompanied by a Bible quotation in Latin, German, and French. The fold-out copperplate illustrations are from the 1729 Cotta Bible: *Delineatio et Beschreibung Palaestinae* or *The Promised Land* with an extensive legend (Laor, 813); Synedrium, 14 smaller illustrations (sanctuaries, priests, Pharisees, etc.); Outline of the City of Jerusalem … at the time of Christ. Bird’s-eye view, framed by 10 smaller images and 2 views of the Temple (Laor, 937); Ezekiel’s Vision, the Temple, Ezekiel, and a map of the 12 tribes. 3 illustrations on 1 plate (Laor, 921); Map detailing the journeys of the Holy Apostles, particularly St. Paul, with an extensive legend (Laor, 922). - Endpaper with ownership notation: “Bibliothecee Capucin.Badee.” - 1 endpaper missing, 1 endpaper restored, slightly browned and with foxing. *