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THE WHOLE BIBLE IN
Over800 Beautiful Pictures — ENTIRELY ENGRAVED

Bible. German. Selections. 1787. Biblia ectypa. Bildnussen auss Heilige Schrifft dess Alt-und Neuen Testaments...von Christoph Weigel. Augsburg, 1787. Folio. Unpaginated, unfolioed: title-page, 100 ff.; sectional title-page, 78 ff.; sectional title-page, 37 ff.
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CHRISTOPH WEIGEL was the artist who executed this monumental work, being an entirely engraved pictorial Bible illustrating hundreds of famous stories (the creation of Heaven and Earth, the temptation of Eve, Jacob's ladder, and so on), with other suitable images luxuriously added as well (Mark with his lion, Paul composing his letter to the Ephesians, etc).

This is not what one typically thinks of, as an “illustrated Bible”; that is, it is not “embellished text” — it is, rather, the whole Bible IN pictures.

The book first appeared in the late 17th century, and while it may well have been reprinted more than once, neither NUC nor RLIN shows any edition other than one of 1695. Moreover, apparently the 1695 copy that appears in both those bibliographical sources is the same incomplete one. This magnificent collection of engravings is clearly rare.

A joy and a wonder.

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