Das NEUE TESTAMENT unsers Herrn und Heylands Jesu Christi. Recht grundlich, nach der Griechischen Haubt=Sprach verteutschet, .Von neuem mit allem Fleiss übersehen. With engr. frontispiece and 10 engr. plates. (And:) Die CL. Psalmen Davids, Durch A(mbrosius) Lobwasser in Teutsche Reimen gebracht. Zu vier Stimmen ausgesezt.With music. Engr. frontispiece. (And:) Geistreiche Fäst- und Kirchen= Gesänge. With music. Engr. frontispiece and 2 engravings. (And:) Die Kleine Bibel: Oder: Der Psalter Davids. Durch.Rudolff Walthern Grundlich und eigentlich Aus Der Hebräischen Sprache verteutschet, und von neuem mit allem Fleiss übersehen. With engr. frontispiece. 3 works in 1 vol.

2 cols. 386 pp.; 256 pp.; 88 pp. 8vo (c. 165 x 95 x 25 mm). 18th century Zurich Vermeil binding (fine chased goldplated silver) over wooden boards covered with black velvet, edges gilt. Exlibris. Zurich, Joh(ann) Heinrich Bürckli, 1738. Attractive New Testament in the Zurich version printed for domestic use, preciously and splendidly bound in a much sought-after Zurich Vermeil binding (fine chased goldplated silver over wooden boards). This N.T. is a typical example out of one of the roughly thirty editions printed in Zurich during the 18th century. It is remarkable that Ambrosius Lobwasser (1515-1584) as a Lutheran, thereby paved the way for Calvinist liturgical songs in German speaking countries (cf. MGG VIII, 1075) by using for his metrical psalms the Geneva book of Psalms prepared by Marot and Beza between 1532 and 1560. His object was to popularize in Germany the melodies of the French Psalter, of the beauty of which he had received a deep impression during a long sojourn in Berry; and thus he adhered to the texts which served as channels for these melodies, in order that the meter and versification might accord with the French model. The book is housed in an attractive, contemporary Zurich binding. Zurich was the most important place of manufacture for Vermeil bindings, and shows the design that was common there at this time. Forming a wide frame on both covers and the back, it is composed of leafy scroll- and lattice-work, with flower and ornamental depictions. In the center of both covers is a small pelican engraved (as a symbold for Jesus Christ, or as a sign of mercy or possibly an owner sign). This binding is uncommon in that the silver cagework extends round the edges of the covers.- The work shows considerable craftsmanship and is in pristine and fine condition. - Not in VD 18 nor Darlow/Moule; cf. Bibliothek Otto Schäfer, Europäische Einbandkunst (1992), 121; not in Leemannn-van Elck, Bibelsammlung im Grossmünster zu Zürich (1945), but cf. no. 40; the same, Buchschmuck der Zürcher-Bibeln (1938), 124; cf. Lösel, Zürcher Goldschmiedekunst (1983), pl. 256-257; cf. Bibelsammlung Stuttgart E 1347 (in similary binding, but published by Gessner in 1738); cf. Henkel/Schoene, Emblemata, col. 811. BINDINGS ; HELVETICA:ALLGEMEIN ; BIBLES ;