Schnittverzierungen. - Contemp. calf binding with rich arabesque gilt tooling (partly faded) as well as lavishly punched ornamental gilt edges with a figurative illustrations of a saber welding figure (on a boat?); spine renewed using a gilt-tooled 18th century binding. Small 4to.

Contains: Biblia germanico-latina. Uff Churfürstlichen Sechsischen Befehl gedruckt zu Witteberg. Parts. I and II (of 24?) in 1 vol. With woodcut title border (with 14 Saxonian crests), full-page woodcut portrait of the prince elector and 29 woodcuts in the text. Wittenberg [Joh. Krafft] 1574. - VD 16, B 2674. - Second edition of the Latin-German bible from Wittenberg, printed by order of Augustus, Elector of Saxony. Edited by the theologians P. Eber and G. Major. This copy contains the first two parts of the Book of Exodus, Genesis and Exodus . - Browned. Binding rubbed, front outer joint somewhat brittle, 2 corners with stronger rubbing, clasps removed. - Rare binding with an unusual book edge.

Biblia germanico-latina. Contemp. calf binding with rich arabesque gilt tooling (partly faded) as well as lavishly punched ornamental gilt edges with a figurative illustrations of a saber welding figure (on a boat?); spine renewed using a gilt-tooled 18th century binding. - Browned. Binding rubbed, front outer joint somewhat brittle, 2 corners with stronger rubbing, clasps removed. - Rare binding with an unusual book edge.