987 - Unknown (19th century), Martin Luther’s Family Bible, after Martin Luther, deluxe edition, 1846, book

Unknown (19th century), Martin Luther’s Family Bible, after Martin Luther, deluxe edition, 1846, book Unknown (19th century): The House Bible, or the Whole of the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, according to the translation by Martin Luther. A splendid edition with twenty-four steel engravings and a map of Palestine, 1846, book Technique: book, paper Inscription: Inscribed on the printing plate: “Die Haus-Bibel, oder die ganze heilige Schrift alten und neuen Testaments, nach der Uebersetzung D. Martin Luther’s. Eine Prachtausgabe mit vier und zwanzig Stahlstichen und einer Karte von Palästina. Hildburghausen, Paris, and Amsterdam. Printed and published by the Bibliographisches Institut. 1846". Date: 1846 Description: Beautiful 19th-century family Bible in the German translation by Luther. Frontispiece with a handwritten inscription identifying it as the family Bible of the Hochgesand family, listing family members and their dates of birth and death. Clearly legible text in Fraktur typeface in two columns, with bound steel engravings and original protective paper. Leather binding. Keywords: Family; Family Tree; Bible; Luther; Protestant; Evangelical; Holy Scripture, 19th century, Romanticism, Biblical, Germany, , Religion, Christianity Size: Height: 27.5 cm, Width: 19.0 cm, Length: 7.5 cm, Diameter: ø (10.8 x 0 x 0, ø 0 in) Condition: Fairly good condition. Overall in good, used condition. Binding is heavily worn and the spine is illegible. Torn and damaged in places. The interior is somewhat wavy and somewhat soiled or discolored along the edges. The back has some light liquid stains or foxing spots.