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(BIBLE IN GERMAN.) [Biblia, das ist: Die Heilige Schrift Altes und Neues Testaments.] [2], 992, 277, [3] pages; lacks the general title (although the

(BIBLE IN GERMAN.) [Biblia, das ist: Die Heilige Schrift Altes und Neues Testaments.] [2], 992, 277, [3] pages; lacks the general title (although the New Testament title is present), dedication leaf defective, terminal 10 leaves defective with loss. 4to, contemporary sheep, lacks rear board; problems affecting the preliminary and terminal leaves, otherwise only minor browning; early owner's ink inscriptions on the front pastedown. sold as is. Germantown: Sauer, 1763

  • Notes: the second sauer bible and the first to be printed on american paper. This edition resembles Sauer's bible of 1743 -- the first bible in a foreign language to be printed in America -- with some differences in typesetting. One of 2000 copies printed. Evans 9343; Wright, pages 44-46.

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