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BIBLE, Genesis, Romansch. Dala Biblia. Ilg prüm cudasch dalg Songk Profeed Moisis. Nominad Genesis. Translated by Joan Pitschem Salutz, pastor of Lavin. Zürich: Heinrich Hamberger, 1657.
8o (155 x 97 mm). Printed rule border. (Some pale spotting.) Contemporary silver-stamped stiff vellum over pasteboard, silk ties. Provenance: Leandolera? (ex dono presentation inscription dated 1658 from the translator Salutz on front flyleaf) -- Tscharnerianis Planaterae Curiae Rhaetorum (booklabel on front flyleaf) -- Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplate; purchased from Maggs Bros., London, 16 February 1942) -- donated to SMS 1942.
First book of the Bible printed in Romansch, the Lower Engadine dialect, translated by the pastor of Lavin. Darlow & Moule 7685. A FINE PRESENTATION COPY BY SALMUTZ.
8o (155 x 97 mm). Printed rule border. (Some pale spotting.) Contemporary silver-stamped stiff vellum over pasteboard, silk ties. Provenance: Leandolera? (ex dono presentation inscription dated 1658 from the translator Salutz on front flyleaf) -- Tscharnerianis Planaterae Curiae Rhaetorum (booklabel on front flyleaf) -- Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplate; purchased from Maggs Bros., London, 16 February 1942) -- donated to SMS 1942.
First book of the Bible printed in Romansch, the Lower Engadine dialect, translated by the pastor of Lavin. Darlow & Moule 7685. A FINE PRESENTATION COPY BY SALMUTZ.