farfel_n06_102_450

pp(2) 995; (2) 2277 (3) (4)
my leaf begins + ends with same words on p. 11+12 in this ed.
51 lines 20 lines = 83 mm. Evans 5127 5128
HEHL 48160 9 3/4 x 7 1/8" 1267 pages.
1743 2 impressions of the title page known.
Title, one leaf; verso blank. Preface, 1 page.
Order of Books of Old T., 1 page. Text pp. 1-805
Apocrypha pp. 806-949. Appendiz. pp. 950-995
New T. title, one leaf. Prefacem 1 leaf. Order of Books
1 page. Text pp. 3-277 Register of Epistles + Gospels
for Sundays of Christian year 2 pages. Register of Epistles
+ Gospels for certain Saints Days, 1 leaf. Short history
of translations of the Bible 4 pages.
Sigs A^2 to Mm all in 4's except the last which is in 6's.
- price unbound was 11 schillings.
- more than 1 kind of paper - some sheets show the watermark
of the paper mill of the Ephrats community.

The Bible that Sauer I gave America ws basically the
Lutheran Bible, but Saur was not a Lutheran. It was
printed because a deeply religious man wished to meet
the need for a Bible among his fellows, i.e. not a commercial
but a religious undertaking - none of the early American
Bibles were money makers (1663, 1743, 1782).
Petre America's 1st Bibles Z7771 A5 R8 HEHL - 1744 Sauer I built his own paper mill - he did not
use American made paper for his 1743 Bible - rather paper
of foreign manufacture - D. Hunter, however, believed that
the paper used in both ed. ('43 + '63) was made in this country
(cannot be verified by documents though.)