BIBLE, IN GERMAN — Das new Testament durch hochgelerten Hieronymum Emser seligen verteutscht. Edited by Hieronymus Emser (1478-1527). Freiburg: Stephan Graf, 1551.
An uncommon edition of Emser’s catholic version of the New Testament, first published in 1527. ABPC/RBH list just one copy in auction records.
Octavo (153x 100mm). Woodcut title vignette, several decorative woodcuts and initials, printer’s woodcut device on colophon (without the final blanks, a few marginal repairs in first quire, some waterstains at beginning and light spotting at end). Contemporary blindstamped pigskin over bevelled wooden boards, later metal clasps, remains of leather tabs (upper joint split at head, tail of spine slightly defective, some light stains). Provenance: Bavaria, Rottenbuch Abbey (inscription on title) – Schweinfurt, Otto Schäfer (monogram on rear pastedown).
BIBLE, IN GERMAN — Das new Testament durch hochgelerten Hieronymum Emser seligen verteutscht. Edited by Hieronymus Emser (1478-1527). Freiburg: Stephan Graf, 1551.
An uncommon edition of Emser’s catholic version of the New Testament, first published in 1527. ABPC/RBH list just one copy in auction records.
Octavo (153x 100mm). Woodcut title vignette, several decorative woodcuts and initials, printer’s woodcut device on colophon (without the final blanks, a few marginal repairs in first quire, some waterstains at beginning and light spotting at end). Contemporary blindstamped pigskin over bevelled wooden boards, later metal clasps, remains of leather tabs (upper joint split at head, tail of spine slightly defective, some light stains). Provenance: Bavaria, Rottenbuch Abbey (inscription on title) – Schweinfurt, Otto Schäfer (monogram on rear pastedown).
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