* 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 - The whole Bible, that is all the books of the Old and New Testaments, faithfully translated according to the original languages. In addition, there is now a beautiful and complete register or index of the entire Bible, the chronology and reckoning of the times from the beginning to Christ... With 2 titles in red and black with figurative borders, 319 woodcuts and many decorative and pictorial initials. Zurich, Froschauer, 1556. folio. [29] vols. (without d.l.w.), CCCXXXIIII, CCCXV pp. Blind embossed pigskin binding over wooden boards. With 8 corner mounts, 2 centrepieces and 2 renewed brass clasps. VD16 B 2742 - Vischer C 511 - Rudolphi 461 - this edition not in Leemann-van Elck, Buchschmuck u. ders., Bibelsammlung im Grossmünster zu Zürich. - Rare edition of the large illustrated Zurich Bible, based on the expanded edition of 1545. - Flyleaf. Endpapers removed, inner joints reinforced, first title page mounted and with losses, first text leaf almost completely missing (replaced by photocopy). Some browning and dampstaining in the margins in places. Second title also mounted and with losses (small image losses). A few further, partly restored marginal defects. Overall a good copy of the monumental edition. - Owner's inscription Johann Georg Orelli (Orellius) on the flyleaf, dated 1719. 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.