BIBLE. CATHOLISCHE BIBEL, das ist die ganze Heilige... Lot 166

[BIBLE]. CATHOLISCHE BIBEL, das ist die ganze Heilige Schrift alten und neuen testaments. Nürnberg, Johann Joseph Fleischmann, 1763. Four parts bound in one large in-folio volume, marbled fawn basane, bevelled boards decorated with a frame of cold fillets and cabochons in the corners, fully decorated ribbed spine, red morocco title page, clasps (Binding of the period); (2) ff. frontispiece and portrait, (16) ff., 664 pp. - 272 pp. - 315 pp, (19) ff. index - 98 pp. Some foxing and spotting, headbands faded, spines split but seams solid. FIRST EDITION of the "Lottery Bible", also known as the "Hohenlohe Bible", as it is said to have been produced by the Prince of Hohenhole with the winnings of a lottery. It is illustrated with a FRONTISPICE with a view of the town of Schillingsfürst, a PORTRAIT of Prince Karl ALBRECHT II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1742-1796) and 212 copper-engraved COMPOSITIONS in the text. Text in 2-column German Gothic. ¶ Not in Delaveau and Hillard. Expert : Eric CASTERAN