Biblia – Holy Bible – 1734 | Martin Luther, Enormous German Basel Folio

Biblia, Das ist: Die Gantze Heilige Schrifft Alten und Neuen Testaments, translated by Martin Luther and printed in Basel in 1734 by Emanuel Thurneysen, is a huge German Bible including the Old and New Testaments as well as the Apocrypha. This enormous edition is notable not only for its size but also for the countless in-text woodcut illustrations throughout.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Biblia, Das ist: Die gantze Heilige Schrifft Alten und Neuen Testaments : verteutschet durch Doct. Martin Luther
• Author(s): Holy Bible
• Contributor(s): Martin Luther (Translator)
• Publisher: Basel: bey und in Verlag Emanuel Thurneysen
• Edition: 1734
• Format: Folio
• Binding: Full leather, tooled
• Size: ~ 15.75in x 10.25in x 3.75in (40cm x 26.5cm x 10cm)
• Collation:
  • Old Testament – [21], 620
  • Apocrypha – 138
  • New Testament – [4], 219
    • Includes separate title page
• Illustrations: Heavily illustrated with woodcut engravings
• Contents Include:
  • Old Testament
  • Apocrypha
  • New Testament
• Reference(s): Not in Darlow & Moule

Condition:

Very Good. Binding is firm. Clasps and straps wanting. Text block secure.

Why Collect This?

• Enormous folio printing of the Martin Luther Bible translation in German
• Filled with a myriad of woodcut engravings

Item Number: # 29161