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Leaf from a Germantown Bible, 1763

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 27

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Sold as Otto F. Ege's Original Leaves from Famous Bibles: Nine Centuries, 1121-1935 A.D. Cleveland: Otto Ege, circa 1950, this collection consists of 37 original Bible leaves in mattes with descriptive labels. Three items are manuscript pages, while an additional 34 are printed. The leaves range in age from circa 1200 to 1935. During the years 1938-1950, Ege published portfolios under this title with 37, 50 and 60 leaves.

For preservation reasons, the leaves have been separated from their mattes, and enclosed in mylar. However, each matte and descriptive label has been retained with its original leaf where possible.

The descriptions consist mostly of transcriptions of the labels written by Ege.

Dates

  • Creation: 1763

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Germantown: Gedruckt bey Christoph Sauer

The second edition of the first Bible issued in a literary tongue in North American, printed by Christopher Sauer, the younger. Luther’s version was adopted for the test. The third issue of 3000 (1776) was still unbound when the Battle of Germantown was fought (1777), and nearly the entire edition of this Dunkard publisher was used by the British soldiers for gun wadding. A paper mill, a type foundry, and a bindery were established by the versatile Sauer for his work. Sauer wrote: “The price of our nearly finished Bible in plain binding with a clasp will be eighteen shillings, but to the poor and needy we have price.”

Extent

From the Collection: 5.3 Linear Feet (3 oversize boxes, one portfolio box)

Language

German

Repository Details

Part of the Cary Graphic Arts Collection Repository

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