VOLUME I ONLY, containing the Pentateuch (Fünfbuch Mose), Josua, Richter, Ruth, Samuel 1+2, Königen 1+2, Chronika 1+2, Esra, Nehemia, Esther, Hiob and Psalter. Contains color plate frontispiece portrait of Martin Luther, as well as numerous other color and b&w plates with illustrations depicting the biblical texts. All color plates have thin film protective sheets. Cover extensively decorated in gilt, with embossed images of an angel and the four apostles. Elaborate gilt gothic lettering on front cover and spine. 395x305mm. 630 pages (paginated as 1260 half-pages - two columns per page). Original black leather embossed Hardcover. Cover and spine rubbed. Front cover dust-stained. Rear cover stained. Cover corners bumped and peeling/tattered. Spine edges bumped and peeling. Spine hinges partly cracked. Rear whitepage and last page slightly stained. Frontispiece creased/wrinkled in the middle. Protective sheet between frontispiece and title page wrinkled/worn. Previous owner`s signature on title page. One plate (Adam and Eve`s expulsion from the Garden of Eden) detached from binding and worn on edges- NO damage to text. Last page and rear whitepage partly torn - NO damage to text. Protective film sheets yellowed. Some age-staining on the first dozen pages, the rest of the pages is clean. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This elaborately decorated, rare illustrated de-luxe edition of Old Testament books in Luther`s translation is otherwise in good condition.