Balthasar Christoph Wust

The Bible, that is, the entire Sacred Scripture (...)
Lot ID
Los 480
Live auction
Künstler
Balthasar Christoph Wust
1630 Wittenberg - Frankfurt am Main 1704
Provenienz
Galerie J. H. Bauer, Hanover (purchased from the owner on 9 November 1989).
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Beschreibung
A very rare engraved Bible by Wust, dedicated to the Dukes of Saxony, the Landgraves and Electors of Thuringia. Wust had moved the printing of illustrated Bibles from Wittenberg to Frankfurt. Among the folding plates are a map of Canaan and a plan of Jerusalem. Balthasar Wust ranks among the most significant publishers in the history of book printing in Frankfurt. He acquired the rights in Wittenberg to print the original Luther Bible in the ‘Luther’s final edition’ version of 1545 and brought it to Frankfurt am Main. – Numerous annotations in old hand, slightly browned and stained throughout, but otherwise in good condition.