Biblia Sacra. Quæ Præter Antiquæ Latinæ Versionis necessariam emendationem, & difficiliorum locorum succinctam explicationem, (ex commentarijs ... Lucæ Osiandri, &c. Andreae parentis) ... Studio & opera A. Osiandri

Tübingen: George Gruppenbach, 1600. First Andreas Osiander edition. Title page printed within ornamental border, engraved portrait of Frederick Duke of Württemberg and coat of arms, separate title pages for Prophets and N.T. with printer's devices, large printer's device on colophon. Interleaved copy with more than 120 added leaves, densely annotated in Latin and occasionally in Hebrew in text margins and on interleaves in several hands. 2 vols. Folio. Contemporary alum tawed pigskin stamped in blind, ties perished. Some soiling and dampstaining (occasionally affecting legibility of annotations), minor traces of worming at back of vol. II. First Andreas Osiander edition. Title page printed within ornamental border, engraved portrait of Frederick Duke of Württemberg and coat of arms, separate title pages for Prophets and N.T. with printer's devices, large printer's device on colophon. Interleaved copy with more than 120 added leaves, densely annotated in Latin and occasionally in Hebrew in text margins and on interleaves in several hands. 2 vols. Folio. This is the first edition of the Bible prepared by Andreas Osiander, presenting the Vulgate text, "emended and supplemented by paraphrastic comments; with select annoationas from various commentators" (D&M).
The closely written manuscript annotations discuss points of language, history, and biblical commentary, and run to more than 25,000 words, on some 45 pages of additions in the Old Testament and 75 pages in the New Testament.

With the ownership signatures and printed book labels of Johann Christoph Kunze, Prediger, Philadelphia. Kunze (1744-1807) was a German-born Lutheran minister, polyglot, and "a leading educator and organizer in the new nation". In Philadelphia, Kunze ran a school until the British occupation in 1776, then served as librarian in the colonial statehouse until appointed to the facuty of the University of Pennsylvania.

"In 1784 Kunze responded to a call from a combined congregation of Trinity and Christ Churches, a Lutheran and Reformed merger in New York City. Concurrent with his pastoral labors, he was also named professor of oriental languages and literature at Columbia College. Inspired by the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, he helped form the Society for Useful Knowledge and served on its executive committee" (ANB). VD16 B2672; Copinger 561; Darlow & Moule 6190. Provenance: Johann Christoph Kunze (printed book labels); B. Livingston "bought at an auction of the Rev. Doctor Thanger's books" (two further signatures with first name torn out from top margin); presented by Miss Livingston and Mrs. Harrison to Rev. R.P. Kreitler, 1907; R.P. Kreitler (bookplate); General Theological Seminary, gift of Rev. Kreitler (bookplate)