Sale 2432 - Printed & Manuscript Americana, November 17, 2016

58 THE GUNWAD BIBLE 58 ● (BIBLE IN GERMAN.) Biblia, das ist: Die ganze Gottliche Heilige Schrift Alten und Neuen Testaments. [4], 992, 277, [3] pages. Thick 4to, contemporary calf, lacking clasps, moderate wear; front hinge split, front free endpapers and first two leaves detached with slight edge wear, minor dampstaining, moderate foxing; early inscriptions on front endpapers including original owner Heinrich Miller of Hempfield, PA. Germantown, PA: Christoph Saur, 1776 [2,000/3,000] The third bible produced by Saur (preceded by editions of 1743 and 1763) but perhaps the most famous. Of the 3000 copies printed, many are said to have been destroyed by the British during the Revolution. “At the invasion of Germantown Mr. Saur fled from the place, and the British troops destroyed nearly all the copies of the Bible, by converting the leaves into litter for their horses, and by using the paper for their cartridges”—Wright, page 47. Darlow & Moule 4240; Evans 14663; Sabin 5194. 59 ● (BIBLE IN GREEK.) [Kaine Diatheke] Novum Testamentum. 478 pages plus final blank leaf. 12mo, contemporary tree calf, minor wear; lacking the ad leaf, minimal dampstaining; early owners’ light pencil inscriptions and notes, later bookseller’s tag on rear pastedown. Worcester, MA: Isaiah Thomas,April 1800 [400/600] FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT IN GREEK , edited by Caleb Alexander and drawing on the 1678 Elzevir Bible and John Mill’s 1707 notes. Darlow & Moule 4775; Evans 36952; Wright, page 133. Provenance: inscription of Daniel E. Colby (1815-1891), Dartmouth College Class of 1836; 20th-century booksellerWilliam Salloch; Swann sale, 18 September 1986, lot 284.