5 x Bibel - 1844

Collection of 5 historical German Bibles / New Testaments — 19th to mid-20th century

Offered is an interesting collection of five German Bible editions from different publishing houses, Bible societies, and eras, vividly documenting the diversity of Protestant and Catholic Bible distribution in German-speaking lands:

1. The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ — London, printed at the expense of the British and Foreign Bible Society, by J. B. G. Vogel, 7 Castle Street, Falcon Square. 1818. Printed according to the Halle edition. A rare edition printed in London for the German-speaking market.
14x8 cm, quarter-leather binding. 678 pages, gilded edges. Signature on the front pastedown dated 1819.

2. The Holy Scriptures according to the German translation of Martin Luther — London and Edinburgh, United Bible Societies, 1949. Newly revised (1914) according to the text approved by the German Evangelical Church Council. Postwar edition of a major international Bible society.
17.5x11.5 cm. 774 + 262 pages, hand-sewn, damaged wrapper. Red edges with two ribbons.

3. The Bible or the Holy Scripture — Second Part: The New Testament. Edited by Friedrich Gustav Lisco, Doctor of Theology, preacher at St. Gertrude Church in Berlin and Knight of the Red Eagle Order. Berlin, G. W. F. Müller’s Verlag, 1844. A scientifically edited edition by a renowned Berlin theologian.
25.5x18 cm. 656 pages. Cardboard binding worn. Interior slightly browned.

4. The Bible or the Holy Scripture of the Old and New Testaments according to the German translation of Martin Luther. Revised edition with the text approved by the German Evangelical Church Conference. Stereotype edition of the Prussian Haupt-Bibelgesellschaft, Berlin, Klosterstraße 71. Printed by R. Graßmann in Stettin. Berlin 1897. Two-color title woodcut (red/black).
24x16 cm. 866 + 287 pages. Magnificent relief binding of the period with marbled edges.

5. The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, translated by D. Leander van Eß, former Catholic professor and pastor in Marburg. The translation of the Old Testament is based on the Masoretic text. Munich, printed by R. Oldenbourg, 1901. Noteworthy as a Catholic Bible translation — a rare counterpart to the other Protestant editions in this collection.
23x15.5 cm Magnificent reddish binding with embossing on the covers. 916 (OT) + 164 (Apocrypha) + 312 (OT) + 22 + 12 pages + 2 maps. Handwritten paper sheet pasted to the front pastedown.