Bidspirit auction | Luther, Martin (Trans.). Die Bibel.

Luther, Martin (Trans.). Die Bibel. Georg W. Mentz und Sohn, 1837. Twelfth Edition. - This 1837 German-language Bible contains the translation of Dr. Martin Luther. The full title is Die Bibel, oder Die ganze Heilige Schrift des alten und neuen Testaments. Published in Philadelphia by Georg W. Mentz und Sohn at Nro. 53 Nord Dritten Straße, this volume is identified as the Zwölfte Auflage (twelfth edition) and was stereotyped by J. Howe. The work is bound in full dark brown leather with four raised bands and a red leather gilt-lettered title label on the spine. The boards were originally secured with two leather and metal clasps, of which only the metal anchor points and fragments of the leather straps remain. The interior text is printed in Fraktur script across two columns. The front flyleaf contains a nineteenth-century ownership inscription in ink: Susie (Barron) Hedrick From her Grand Father. Subsequent endpapers feature various pencil notations and a historical price of $2.00. The book is in poor condition. The leather binding shows heavy scuffing, cracking, and peeling, with substantial loss at the head and foot of the spine. The clasps are broken and non-functional. The internal pages are heavily foxed, toned, and exhibit significant damp staining throughout, though the text remains legible. The text block remains square, but the hinges are weakened.