$369
Bible, German Language, American Imprint, Das Neue Testament . Germantown: Christoph Saur, 1775. Octavo, in eights, the final signature (Ll) with two leaves, 529 numbered pages, bound in full contemporary leather, over wooden boards, one clasp still intact, the other missing, text leaves browned with intermittent staining throughout, the binding worn at the corners, the leather cracked along the joints, end cap missing at the foot, 6 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. Christoph Saur Jr. continued in the tradition of his father, who printed the first German-language books in North America in Germantown, Pennsylvania earlier in the century. The Lutheran New Testament in German, a hard-used staple of the Pennsylvania Dutch community in the 18th century is most often found in this condition.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-05-31
