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Biblia germanica.

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Biblia sacra vulgatae editionis... Bible or Holy Scripture of the Old and New Testament according to the ancient and in Latin common... proven translation. With prefixed Latin text and new Summariis faithfully in the present manner of speaking... 2 in 1 vol. Augsburg, Heiß 1737. fol. 9 fol., 905, 732 p., 17 fol. blind embossed. Pigskin printed boards over wooden boards with 2 metal clasps. (Rubbed and damaged, chap. st. torn). Darlowe/M. 6259 note - Fifth edition of the Bible edition with Latin-German parallel text in the translation by the Benedictine T.A. Erhard, here expanded by a Bible commentary. The first edition appeared in 1723; Darlowe/Moule knows only the present edition: "In 1737, according to Masch, there appeared at Augsburg a folio edition of the Bible edited by T.A. Erhard, which includes the Latin Vulgatae and the German version of the 'Catholic Bible of Mainz'". - Slightly foxed, some light waterstaining, bib. st. on p.t., bookplate on front title. Ownership inscription on front title.