[iv], 1008, [6 (family records)], 277, [3] pp. 1 vols. 4to
1805 · Reading
Reading: Gottlob Jungmann, 1805. [iv], 1008, [6 (family records)], 277, [3] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary sheep, red morocco spine label. Clasps lacking, boards lightly scuffed, hinges with old cellotape repair, textblock dampstained, toned and foxed. Bookplate of C. G. Weissman. [iv], 1008, [6 (family records)], 277, [3] pp. 1 vols. 4to. A landmark in American bible printing, this is the first German-American Bible printed outside of Philadelphia, and the first Bible printed in Reading. A significant edition, both in size and scope, this marked the spread of German printers and the more local production of bibles in the Pennsylvania-Dutch back country. (truncated)