Lot no. 4149
* The full tax is charged on this item marked * in the auction catalogue, i.e. VAT is charged on the sum of the bid price plus the surcharge for those items. The VAT will be refunded to Purchasers providing a validly stamped export declaration.'Biblia germanica -
[Biblia: Das ist: die gantze heilige Schrifft: Deudsch. Auffs new zugericht]. 2 parts in 1 volume. With numerous woodcuts by Hans Brosamer.
[Wittenberg, Hans Lufft, 1548 or 1549]. Folio. [4 (instead of 6)], 302 (instead of 309) pp., pp. 2-349. Modern leather binding using old covers and remnants of clasps.
VD16 B 2723 or VD16 ZV 1479 - see Schmidt, Die Illustrationen der Lutherbibel, illus. 156-165 - The first part lacks the woodcut title, the last leaf of the preface and vols. 2-5, 9, 11 and 37 in the second part without the woodcut title (bound in copy). A few marginal defects restored, 1 leaf with a missing part in the text added in manuscript.
This object marked with * (asterisk) is fully subject to VAT, i.e. VAT will be charged on the hammer price plus buyer's premium for these objects. Buyers who present a legally stamped export declaration will be reimbursed the VAT.
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