[BIBLE, in German]. Die gantze Bibel"¦ Strassburg: Simon Kurtzner, 1744.

Two parts in one volume, folio (359 x 238 mm). Printed in red and black. (First few leaves slightly frayed, last two leaves damaged and badly bound.) Contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards (worn, lacking clasps and catches).An 18th-century reprint of the 1536 Froschauer Bible, which was published by the Swiss Anabaptists who migrated to Alsace in the 17th century. Forerunners to the Amish and Mennonites, the Swiss Brethren brought their beloved Froschauer Bibles with them as they went into exile, and as these old German-language Bibles became scarce, they commissioned this reprint by Kurtzner, who was the official state printer in Strassburg.


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