1763 Biblia; Altes & Neues Testaments Martin Luther Christopher Sauer (Saur)

Description: Biblia, Das ist: Die Heilige Schrift Altes und Neues Testaments, Nach der Deutschen Uebersetzung D. Martin Luthers, mit jedes Capitels kurtzen Summarien, auch beygefügten vielen und richtigen Parallelen; Nebst einem Anhang des dritten und vierten Buchs Esra und des dritten Buchs der Maccabäer. Germantown, PA: Gedruckt von Christopher Sauer. 1763. Second Edition, Original Binding. LACKING PRELIMINARY LEAVES, TITLE PAGE AND PAGES 1-14 (of Old Testament); New Testament remains complete, 15-992 p + 274 p. 10 x 8 x 4", large 8vo. As-is. Old Testament is incomplete (lacking title page and pages 1-14). Original boards normally scuffed at edges and worn at corners. Both front and rear hinges split at tail, some exposed binding. Edges of text-block soiled and scuffed. Clasps lacking; small piece of leather from top clasp remains. Leaves adjacent to front and rear paste-downs are chipped at edges from exposed nail-heads around edges of paste-downs. Wooden boards are also exposed at paste-downs. Text-block is toned & age-stained, with dog-eared corners, torn leaves, and chipped edges. Gutters are split with exposed cording, but binding overall remains intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Johann Christoph Sauer (Christopher Sower, Senior) was born 1693 in Laasphe, a village not far from Marburg, Germany. He came to America in 1724 with his wife and their infant son Christopher (born 1721). In the spring of 1725 the family removed to Ephrata, Pa., where they remained about six years. In 1731 they returned to Germantown and settled there permanently. Christopher Sower, the elder, died in 1758. He was a pharmacist by trade, but is best known for his publishing activities. In 1738 he received a printing outfit from Germany and began at once to print in German for his fellow countrymen in America. Altogether he published over two hundred works in German and English, most of them of a religious nature. His son Christopher became the well-known Bishop of the Church of the Brethren, in Germantown. The name of the first ChristopherSower, printer and publisher, is still retained by the Christopher Sower Publishing Company, of Philadelphia. It was not until after Sauer Sr’s death that the Sauer family’s stronghold over German media was broken. Still, under Johann Christoph Sauer Jr. (1721-1784) the family printing business continued to flourish. Known as one of the wealthiest men in Pennsylvania, Sauer Jr. was a major benefactor and board president of the Germantown Academy, founded in 1760. As a bishop of the German Baptists, he continued his father’s special interest in radical Pietist texts as well as his advocacy of peaceful relations with the Indians. In 1743, Christoph Saur (1693-1758), printed the first Bible in a European language (German) in America. 1,200 copies were printed in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Twenty years later, in 1763, a second edition of 2,000 copies (our copy) was printed by Saur's son Christoph (1721-1784). This was the first Bible printed in America on American-made paper. A third edition appeared in 1776 (3,000 copies), which was the first Bible printed from American-made type. RARE Sauer Bible, second edition. One of 2000 copies made. FORN-SHELF-0461-BB-2409-HK2090

Price: 800 USD

Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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