Biblia, Das ist: Die Gantze Heilige Schrifft, Altes und Neues Testaments, Verteutschet durch Doct. Martin Luther

      Basel, Emanuel Thurneysen, 1778. Luther began biblical translations in 1522, when he issued his New Testament, and carried on to 1545, when he finished the deuterocanonical books and the first complete edition of his Bible. He saw to many corrections and revisions himself, and his work went through some ten editions in his own lifetime. Though supposed to translate from the originals, he made use of the Latin version of Lyra, the Hebrew-Latin interlinear of Pagninus, and an older German translation of the Vulgate whose order he retained. Contains notes and commentaries verse by verse. Folio, [xxxii] + [688pp.] + [120 pp.] + 10 woodcut engravings. Bound in contemporary ornate blind-tooled calf over wooden boards, decorative brass corner pieces (one missing from rear board) and one clasp, five raised bands. Upper front joint split (5 cm), a few tears to pages, a few pages browned & water-stained, edges soiled, owner's inscriptions in fine contemporary hand on front and rear free endpapers. Volume is 3.5" (8.89cm) thick, 10.5 lbs (4.76kg).