RARE 300 year old Lutheran Bible, printed in Ulm in 1714. Contains an introduction, the books of the Old and New Testaments, Apocrypha, comprehensive registers, hymns and musical notes to the Psalms. Printed in Fraktur, in small font in two columns. Aside for the full-page frontpiece, Each section of the Bible (OT, Prophets and Apocrypha, NT) begins and ends with decorative woodcuts by an unknown artist. Bound in a very handsome smooth-leather decorated cover with lock-straps. 150x90mm. [613] +[381] + [289] + [8] + [153] pages. Smooth leather Hardcover. Metal shield boss on cover corners and middle part. Original lock straps. Metal ribs. Cover slightly worn. Rear cover edges peeling. Spine worn. Spine upper edge peeling. Spine front hinge bottom edge cracked. Binding visible between inner cover and whitepages. Illustrated frontispiece detached from binding and peeling. Endpapers creased. Pen inscriptions (in Latin, apparently 18th-19th Century) on rear endpaper. Humidity stain on OT pages bottom edge - no damage to text. 8 pages from Solomon`s song have been replaced by handwritten pages of the same Biblical text, apparently very old. Age-stain on some pages bottom edge - NO damage to text. Text block edges browning. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: Save for some mostly external damage, this beautiful and rare Bible is well-preserved for its age. A perfect gift for Bible collectors!