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First Germantown Bible, 1743

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Title	First Germantown Bible, 1743
Contributors	Sower, Christopher, 1695-1758; Ege, Otto F.
Date Created	1743
Description	Caption: "Leaf from the First Germantown Bible, 1743 A.D., Germantown: Gedruckt bey Christoph Saur; The first issue, in America, of the Bible printed in a European language. Luther's version was used, with addtions from the mystic Berlenburg Bible and an appendix to the New Testament prepared by Saur himself. The printer encountered great difficulties and opposition as a result of limited finances, lack of type, and the religious controversies of the time. Lutheran ministers and the Schwenkfelders preached against Saur, who was classed as an 'arch-Separatist'. Of the 1200 copies which were printed and which required more that two decades to be disposed of, only about 150 copies are known to be in existence (Darlow and Moule 4240)."
Note	Leaf has headlines, signatures, and catchwords.
Physical Description	1 paper leaf; 24 x 18 cm
Genre	Bibles
Subject	Bible--History; Printing--America--History; Printing--Specimens
Geographic Location	Germantown (Pennsylvania)
Repository	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Collection Title	Original leaves from famous Bibles : nine centuries 1121-1935 A.D. : collected and assembled by Otto F. Ege
Collection Number	BS399.L3 E33
Object Identifier	sc_mspt00044
Copyright	http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Type	Text
Format	image/tiff
Language	ger

Title	Recto
Repository	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Collection Title	Original leaves from famous Bibles : nine centuries 1121-1935 A.D. : collected and assembled by Otto F. Ege
Collection Number	BS399.L3 E33
Identifier	sc_mspt000440001
Object Identifier	sc_mspt00044
Copyright	http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Type	Text
Format	image/tiff

First Germantown Bible, 1743

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First Germantown Bible, 1743