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Illustrirte Pracht-Bibel oder die ganze Heilige Schrift des Alten und Neuen Testaments, nach der deutschen Uebersetzung D. Martin Luther's. Erster Band: Die geschichtlichen Bücher des Alten Testaments. Zweiter Band. Erste Abtheilung: Die Lehrbücher und die Propheten des Alten Testaments. Zweiter Band. Zweite Abtheilung: Die Apogryphen des Alten Testaments. Dritter Band: Die Bücher des Neuen Testaments. 3 volumes bound in one (Complete)
by Delitsch, Otto (Illustrations and Explanatory Notes by)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- g to g+
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Leipzig; Dresden: A. H. Payne, 1862. First edition. Hardcover. g to g+. Folio. XII, 1588, [8]pp. Original 3/4 morocco over cloth with gold lettering on spine. Engraved frontispiece in each volume. Decorative initials. Exquisite 19th-century German Bible magnificently illustrated with hundreds of in-text and full-page woodcuts by Otto Delitsch. Moderate rubbing along edges of binding. Pages moderately foxed throughout. Text in German, Gothic script. Binding and interior in overall good to good+ condition.
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- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30751
- Title
- Illustrirte Pracht-Bibel oder die ganze Heilige Schrift des Alten und Neuen Testaments, nach der deutschen Uebersetzung D. Martin Luther's. Erster Band: Die geschichtlichen Bücher des Alten Testaments. Zweiter Band. Erste Abtheilung: Die Lehrbücher und die Propheten des Alten Testaments. Zweiter Band. Zweite Abtheilung: Die Apogryphen des Alten Testaments. Dritter Band: Die Bücher des Neuen Testaments. 3 volumes bound in one (Complete)
- Author
- Delitsch, Otto (Illustrations and Explanatory Notes by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g to g+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- A. H. Payne
- Place of Publication
- Leipzig; Dresden
- Date Published
- 1862
- Keywords
- Illustrated Bible, 19th-century German Bibles, Woodcuts, First edition, Reference, Martin Luther
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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