Biblia germanica. Lot n° 55

Biblia, That is: The Entire Holy Scripture Old and New Testament German. By Order of the Elector of Saxony. Sächs. Johann Georgen des Andern command. 3 Tle. in 1 Vol. Lüneburg, Stern 1672. fol. With gest. Front, 2 pag. gest. intertitles a. 150 nearly fol. sized text-copies. 27 nn., 302, 198, 160 num. gilt printed boards over wooden boards with punct. gilt edges. (rubbed, missing the clasps). Dumrese-Sch. 97. and ills. 95/96. - Among the participating German and Dutch engravers: Melchior and Matthäus Küsel, Philipp and Bartholomäus Kilian, Jacob von Sandrart, Jan de Visscher, Georg Andreas Wolfgang, etc. - Somewhat (at the beginning more) brown-spotted, few leaves underlined in the margins, back. Endpapers spotted with dirt. - With: Arndt,J.╗ Außlegung des ganzen Psalters Davids.... 3 parts in 1 vol. Lüneburg, Stern 1699. fol. With gest. portrait a. gest. Front. - Cf. Faber du Faur 110. rare edition. - Slightly browned, title, front and portrait edgeworn, 1 leaf. Preface with repaired. tear. - 3 parts in 1 volume. With engraved frontispiece, 2 engraved half titles and 150 copper engravings in the text. Contemporary leather over wood (rubbed, clasps missing). Somewhat stained, back endpaper soiled.