DAS GANZE NEUE TESTAMENT. [bound with] DIE CL. PSALMEN DAVIDS. DURCH D. AMB. LOBWASSER IN TEUTSCHE REIMEN GEBRACHT. [and] GEISTREICHES FEST- UND NACHTMAHL BÜCHLEIN. [and] DIE KLEINE BIBEL: ODER: DER PSALTER DAVIDS
Published by David Geßner, Zürich, 1738
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Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA), McMinnville, OR, U.S.A.Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA)
AbeBooks seller since March 21, 2000
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£ 4,802.79
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162 x 88 mm. (6 3/8 x 3 1/2"). 272 pp.; 192 pp.; [8] leaves; 64 pp. BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVED STEEL FILIGREE OVER BLACK VELVET, each cover with swirling foliage studded with 37 pointed bosses and four oblique lozenge bosses at corners, smooth spine in a similar design with nine studs (binding with a total of 83 sharp studs), two fore-edge clasps (one broken off). Housed in a brown buckram chamois-lined chemise and matching slipcase. New Testament with extra engraved title page with image of St. John, his eagle, and a lamb, printer's device on printed title, tailpiece at end of text; Psalms with extra engraved title page depicting David with his harp, printed title with small vignette of the same scene; Festivals with engraved title page showing the Last Supper. Nap of velvet mostly gone (except down the middle of the spine), endpapers and the edges of first and last few leaves with numerous small rust(?) spots (apparently caused by the covers' metal frame and studs), otherwise fine inside and out. An excellent example of a very unusual binding. With distinguished provenance, this is a dramatic binding that makes a memorable display, with engraved and pierced steel strapwork forming a lace-like pattern studded with faceted bosses that at first glance appear to be gems. Our volume has a general resemblance to the best of the small silver bindings produced during the Baroque period; its wonderfully executed foliate scrolls are reminiscent of a German binding described and pictured as item #15 in Hayward's "Silver Bindings from the J. R. Abbey Collection." However, we have been unable to locate another example that strongly resembles ours. While not silver, it is nevertheless a luxury binding--the engraving, with its exquisite detail, was done by a skilled hand, and the materials themselves would have come at a price, since, before the Bessemer process of the 1850s, steel was difficult to produce and consequently expensive. We do not know for whom this remarkable binding was originally made, but we do know that it has more recently resided in two important American collections. Prior to 1955, it was in the library of Saul Cohn, whose collection was sold at Parke-Bernet on April 26 of that year (this was lot #67). Following that, it was part of the illustrious collection of Cincinnati businessman, arborist, and philanthropist Cornelius J. Hauck (1893-1967), whose fortune was made in the family brewery; the auction of his library at Christie's in 2006 totaled more than $12.4 million (this was lot #362, selling for $3,120).…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- DAS GANZE NEUE TESTAMENT. [bound with] DIE CL. PSALMEN DAVIDS. DURCH D. AMB. LOBWASSER IN TEUTSCHE REIMEN GEBRACHT. [and] GEISTREICHES FEST- UND NACHTMAHL BÜCHLEIN. [and] DIE KLEINE BIBEL: ODER: DER PSALTER DAVIDS
- Author
- (BINDINGS - STEEL). BIBLE IN GERMAN
- Publisher
- David Geßner, Zürich
- Publication year
- 1738
- Seller catalogs
- Bibles, Bindings - 18th century, Illustrated Books - Engravings
Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA)
McMinnville, OR, U.S.A.
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