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Ta Swehta Grahmata jeb Deewa Swehtais Wahrds, kas Preeksch un pehz ta Kunga Jesus Kristus swehtas Peedsimschanas no teem swehteem Deewa-Zilwekeem, Praweescheem, Ewangelisteem jeb Preezas-Mahzitajeem un Apustuleem usrakstihts, Tahm latweeschahm Deewa Draudsibahm par labbu istaisita
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Bible. Latvian. 1689.
Title
Ta Swehta Grahmata jeb Deewa Swehtais Wahrds, kas Preeksch un pehz ta Kunga Jesus Kristus swehtas Peedsimschanas no teem swehteem Deewa-Zilwekeem, Praweescheem, Ewangelisteem jeb Preezas-Mahzitajeem un Apustuleem usrakstihts, Tahm latweeschahm Deewa Draudsibahm par labbu istaisita.
Published
Riga : Gedruckt bey Johann Georg Wilcken, königl. Buchdrucker, 1689.
Physical Description
[6], 1227, 451, 301, [2] 508 p. ; 25 cm (4to)
Local Notes
BEIN 2012 730: Table of contents written in contemporary hand on front paste-down. Ownership inscription on t.p.: "Bibliotheca M. Adami Andreae, Riga Livoni[?] 1698, di 4. January." Armorial bookplate for North Library, Earls of Macclesfield, Shirburn Castle, with ms. shelfmark 4. C. 8. Armorial Macclesfield blind stamp. Title page reinforced. Scrap paper with bibliographic note laid in. Bound in full leather over boards, with red leather spine labels with gilt title "Biblia Sacra Letich," and remnants of clasps.
Notes
The first edition of the Bible in Latvian.
Translated by Ernst Glück and others.
Dedication in German to Charles XI by Johann Fischer.
Text printed in double columns.
Text divided into four parts, with separate title pages and pagination: Genesis- Song of Solomon, Isaiah-Malachi, Apocrypha, New Testament (New Testament title page and preface dated 1685).
Variant and related titles
Bible. Apocrypha. Latvian. 1689.
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Language
Latvian
Added to Catalog
September 14, 2012
References
Historical catalogue of the printed editions of Holy Scripture in the Library of the British and Foreign Bible Society, 6328
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Annotations (Provenance) - 17th century.
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