Bidspirit auction | Luther - Biblia (Dilherr) 1765

Luther - Biblia (Dilherr) 1765 - Theology.- Biblia, That is: The entire Holy Scripture of the Old and New Testaments. ... . Together with a preface by Johann Michael Dilherrn. Nuremberg, Endter, 1765. 48 leaves, 1181 pages, 9 (instead of 11) leaves and 6 bound-in leaves. With 2 engraved titles, 6 full-page copperplate engravings, 12 full-page engraved portraits, and numerous woodcuts in the text after J. Sandrart. Folio. Contemporary leather binding over wooden boards with 8 corner clasps (heavily rubbed). Schmidt 382 ff. - 28th edition of the richly illustrated Dilherr Bible with portraits of the Saxon Electors. The six full-page copperplate engravings each have text on the reverse and one leaf describing the depicted biblical figures. The woodcuts of this so-called Endter II version are monogrammed with, among others, 'M' and 'EP' (Elias Porzel). - The last two leaves of the Apostles' Creed are missing. - Somewhat damp-stained in places, endpapers and pastedowns renewed, first engraved title and printed title with backed tears (extending into the image), the first and last leaves frayed at the edges.