Auction 71 - The Collection of Rabbi Prof. Daniel Sperber
Martin Luther Bible – Nuremberg, 1755 – Dozens of Prints
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Biblia, Das ist Die gantze Heilige Schrifft. Nuremberg: Johann Andrea, 1755. German.
The Hebrew Bible, the Apocrypha and the New Testament translated by Martin Luther, accompanied by nine large prints and dozens of in-text prints. The small prints depict scenes from the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament and the large prints depict portraits of biblical figures: Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham, Moses and Aaron, Samuel, King Solomon and others. One of the prints depicts Martin Luther. Eight of the large prints are signed in the plate: A. [Andreas?] Nunzer.
Historiated initials.
[73], 182, [4], 183-534, [4], 535-706, [4], 707-912, [4], 915-916, [4], 917-1034, [4], 1035-1181, [23] pp, approx. 38 cm. Good condition. Stains and blemishes. Closed and open tears to edges of first leaves. Notations to endpapers. Elegant leather-covered binding with corner guards (some missing), damaged and partly detached; worming. Originally with two leather straps and buckles, now missing.
The Hebrew Bible, the Apocrypha and the New Testament translated by Martin Luther, accompanied by nine large prints and dozens of in-text prints. The small prints depict scenes from the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament and the large prints depict portraits of biblical figures: Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham, Moses and Aaron, Samuel, King Solomon and others. One of the prints depicts Martin Luther. Eight of the large prints are signed in the plate: A. [Andreas?] Nunzer.
Historiated initials.
[73], 182, [4], 183-534, [4], 535-706, [4], 707-912, [4], 915-916, [4], 917-1034, [4], 1035-1181, [23] pp, approx. 38 cm. Good condition. Stains and blemishes. Closed and open tears to edges of first leaves. Notations to endpapers. Elegant leather-covered binding with corner guards (some missing), damaged and partly detached; worming. Originally with two leather straps and buckles, now missing.
Bibles and Biblical Prints
Bibles and Biblical Prints