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50 - Bible, German.- Biblia: das ist: die gantze heilige schrifft: Deudsch, translated by Martin Luther, 2 parts in 1, titles printed in red and black and with woodcut vignette with later hand-colouring, woodcut illustrations by Georg Lemberger and Hans Brosamer with later hand-colouring, woodcut decorative initials, lacking final f. (?blank), general title with some loss to upper blank corner, a repaired tear, strengthened verso, creased, and mounted on a stub, some marginal repairs, occasionally just touching text or small part of an illustration, the odd small hole in text, water-stained, occasional spotting, mostly lightly browned, new endpapers, ornately blind-stamped armorial pigskin over wooden boards, metal corner-pieces (one missing from lower cover) and clasps, upper cover with initials 'T [heart motif] M' and date 1589, upper joint split, but holding, spine heavily scuffed, soiled, rubbed, [VD B 2738], folio, Wittenberg, Hans Lufft, 1555. sold not subject to return.
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Bible, German.- Biblia: das ist: die gantze heilige schrifft: Deudsch, translated by Martin Luther, 2 parts in 1, titles printed in red and black and with woodcut vignette with later hand-colouring, woodcut illustrations by Georg Lemberger and Hans Brosamer with later hand-colouring, woodcut decorative initials, lacking final f. (?blank), general title with some loss to upper blank corner, a repaired tear, strengthened verso, creased, and mounted on a stub, some marginal repairs, occasionally just touching text or small part of an illustration, the odd small hole in text, water-stained, occasional spotting, mostly lightly browned, new endpapers, ornately blind-stamped armorial pigskin over wooden boards, metal corner-pieces (one missing from lower cover) and clasps, upper cover with initials 'T [heart motif] M' and date 1589, upper joint split, but holding, spine heavily scuffed, soiled, rubbed, [VD B 2738], folio, Wittenberg, Hans Lufft, 1555. sold not subject to return. *** A rare edition of the Luther Bible. Provenance: Fürst M. Lievens (blue ink stamp to lower margin of general title).
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