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Description:
Bible, German. Biblia, Das ist Die Gantze Heilige Schrifft durch D. Martin Luther. Frankfurt am Main: Wust fur Zunner, 1693. Large folio, title page printed in black and red, illustrated with many full- and-double page engravings, maps, and views, some backed with linen, this volume not collated, bound in full contemporary German alum-tawed blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards, worn, damaged, lacking bosses, corner pieces, catches, and clasps, rough repairs, joints cracked, 16 1/2 x 10 in., textblock is 5 in. thick.
Estimate $700-900
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D. Martin Luther, Frankfurt am MainJohn Dorfman
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Fine Books & Manuscripts
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