Die Heilige Schrift des Alten und Neuen Testaments. 2-vol. set (Complete)

Wien; Leipzig: Verlag der Goldenen Klassiker-Bibel Max Herzig, 1894. First edition thus. Hardcover. g. Folio. 76, 1080 columns (38, 540pp), 708 columns (354pp), [127]pp (plates). Splendid blind and gilt-stamped crushed full morocco with gold lettering and decoration on front covers and spines. Beveled edges. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Decorative endpapers. Double ribbon marker in each volume. Title pages in red and black lettering. Text in two columns within double red and black ruled box. This remarkable edition of The Old and New Testaments is magnificently illustrated with 127 captioned chromolithographs after classical and modern paintings by (truncated) the most renowned German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, and French artists, such as Ridinger, C. W. E. Dietrich, Luca Giordano, Andrea Appiani, Giorgio Barbarelli, Ferdinand Boll, Philippe de Champagne, Nicolas Poussin, Alessandro Turchi, Jean Germain Drouet, Carlo Dolci, Rafael Santi, Paolo Veronese, Francesco Barbieri, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, etc.. Each plate is protected with a tissue-guard. Paper size 14 1/2 x 11 inches; image size varies (ca 11 x 8 1/4 inches). Spine of first volume slightly discolored. Spine and front cover of second volume partly discolored. Bottom edge of the first six leafs (first volume) and of the first four leafs (second volume) partly damaged by silverfish (not affecting pages throughout). Text in German, gothic script. Bindings in overall good+, interior in good+ to very good condition. (Inventory #: 33189)