Die Heiligen Schriften des Alten Testaments + Neuen Testaments in Biblischen Kupfern. Old and New Testament bound in 1
Freiburg: Herder'schen Kunst und Buchhandlung, ND (ca 1820). Hardcover. Quarto. [2], 491, [3], 154pp. Original 3/4 morocco over marbled paper covered boards. Engraved title page. Exquisite edition of the Bible magnificently illustrated with 132 fine steel engravings inspired by the English Macklin Bible and other masters printed by the Strasbourg engraver and artists Carl Schuler (99 for the Old Testament, plus title page, complete, and 32 for the New Testament, incomplete, last plate present Math. XIV). Heavy rubbing on covers, spine and along edges. Endpapers slightly soiled and creased. Some foxing and sporadic light damp-staining along paper margin (not affecting text or illustrations). Text in German, Gothic script. Binding in overall poor to fair, interior in good+ condition. Fair-Good+. Item #30582
Price: $375.00