1744 La Sainte Bible Ostervalds Bible Neufchatel Bible Fine Binding - Stunning Start Price USD 1,495.00 Current Price USD 1,495.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, July 19, 2008 End Time Tuesday, July 29, 2008 Location Hagerstown, Maryland See more about '1744 La Sainte Bible Ostervalds Bible Neufchatel Bible' Description Stunning!!!1744 La Sainte Bible [Ostervald's Bible]. Also called Neufchatel Bible.   Title: La Sainte Bible [Ostervald's Bible]. Also called Neufchatel Bible. Author: N/A Publisher: De L'Imprimerie D'Abraham Boyve et Compagnie, [at] A neufchatel Year: 1744 Language: French Size: 11½ x 17" Condition/Description: Excellent overall. Tasteful leather paneled spine over marbled boards. Title has some fraying to margins, and there is some creasing to the first few pages. Very light damp marking to the margins only of a very few pages. Final page has a small piece torn out with slight loss of text. Otherwise, this is a very nice, superior Bible. Very clean. Beautiful illustrated plates heading the first books in the Old and New Testaments. Each book has an illustrated letter. Very attractive vignettes on each of the Old and New Testament title pages. Text appears complete with titles present. Includes the Apocrypha. Title page reads, "La Sainte Bible, qui contient le vieux et le Nouveau Testament, Revue & corrigee fur le Texte Hebreu & Grec par les pasteurs & les professeurs de l'Eglife de Geneve. Avec les Argumens et les Reflexions fur les Chapitres de l'Ecriture Sainte & des Notes. Par J.F. Ostervald, Pafteur de l'Eglife de Neuchaterl. Nouvelle Edition, revue, corrigee, & augmentee...." This is a copy of the extremely popular and coveted Neufchatel Bible. It was not published in England until 1799, when it was sold by all the book dealers there. Recommended by all the Bible societies of the day, this edition found its way into many homes in England and America. It was translated by Rev. Jean Frederic Ostervald, as a revision of the Geneva Bible, which was the Bible brought to the New World in 1620. It was also called the Neufchatel Bible. A copy of the Neufchatel Bible was owned by Lincoln's family and known as the "Lincoln Bible." Reference: Rev. Jean Frederic Ostervald, pastor of the Swiss Reform Church in Neufchatel, Switzerland, is responsible for this Bible. Living from 1663-1747, this Swiss Protestant pastor, was born at Neuchâtel in 1663 in a patrician family, son of a Reformed pastor. Educated in theology, he was ordained in 1683 and spent most of his life at Neuchâtel, becoming a pastor in 1699; he and two other ministers were later called the Swiss triumvirate. He favored dogmatics, exegesis, liturgy, hymnology, and moral theology. His writings both inspired and caused controversy. His influence was later called the Second Reformation. He died in 1747, having had a stroke while in the pulpit in 1746. While all his writings were all well-known among French Protestants, his Ostervald's Bible attained great popularity in Britain. (paraphrased/condensed from Wikipedia). According to Darlow & Moule #3814, this is "a second and more thorough revision by J.F. Ostervald. See No. 3793. Petavel states that the Pastors' Library at Neuchatel possesses Ostervald's copy of his first edition of 1724 (No. 3793), marked with all the corrections which he made for his final revision of 1744. Ostervald made use of the Hebrew and Greek, the Septuagint and the Vulgate, and French and German versions—both Protestant and Roman Catholic. His alterations tend chiefly to modernize the language, but they sometimes also affect the sense. Engraved frontispiece, and portrait of Ostervald....with maps, etc....another copy, without the engraved frontispiece, portrait, and maps. In two volumes."       SHIPPING: High bidder pays $19.95 shipping and secure packaging for all 50 US States and Territories. Additional overseas fee apply. Our products are securely shipped in sturdy packages via USPS. Priority mail. We accept Visa, Master Card Money Orders, Cashiers Checks, and Personal Checks (will ship after check clears). Question please call toll free 877-313-9002 or e-mail us at info@historicprints.com or info@ChristianHeritageMuseum.com - info@historicprints.com or info@rarebiblesandmore.com       Powered by eBay Turbo Lister The free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. Place a Bid!