Antique 1903 German Luther Bible Die Heilige Schrift Geo Brumder Leather For Sale

📝 Item Description

📖 Title: Antique 1903 German Luther Bible (Die Bibel oder die ganze Heilige Schrift)

🏢 Publisher: Verlag von Geo. Brumder, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

✍️ Translation: Dr. Martin Luther

🎨 Illustrations: Beautiful historic woodcut engravings by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld

🌟 Item Overview

✨ Up for sale is a stunning, heavily embossed, antique 1903 German-American Luther Bible printed by the prominent historic publisher George Brumder in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This heavy, oversized volume features beautiful traditional Fraktur script text and historic artistic plates throughout.

📜 A unique feature of this piece is its intact, handwritten Familien-Chronik (Family Chronicle) page documenting a German-American family’s history in Blue Island, Illinois and Morgan Park (Cook County), Illinois, including a marriage at "Mrs. Henry Rues" and an entry noting that "Mother died Feb 10, 1917."

🍂 Inside the pages, you will also find a beautifully preserved, pressed fern leaf and flower petal left as a keepsake by its original owners. This is a phenomenal, authentic piece of early 20th-century religious history, perfect for collectors of antiquarian books, theological history, or German-Americana genealogy.

🏷️ Item Specifics

📚 Binding: Hardcover / Leather

🗣️ Language: German

🏭 Publisher: Verlag von Geo. Brumder (Milwaukee, Wis.)

📅 Year Printed: 1903

✒️ Author: Martin Luther (Translation)

🎨 Illustrator: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld

⛪ Topic: Christianity, Bibles

🙏 Subject: Religion & Spirituality

💎 Special Attributes: Illustrated, Antiquarian & Collectible, Local Family Genealogy Ephemera

🔍 Condition Report📷 Please review the listing photos carefully as they serve as the primary visual description.

📘 Cover & Spine Binding: Bound in thick, ornately blind-embossed deep brown/black leather panels over boards. The spine features beautifully preserved, crisp gold gilt lettering ("DIE BIBEL") alongside five elegant, decorative gold-stamped floral accents. The spine cloth and hinges are completely intact with only minor shelf wear and light rubbing at the head and foot corners. Strong, tight structural binding.📄 Interior Pages: Clean, beautifully aged, cream-toned pages with occasional mild spotting or foxing. The decorative family chronicle and death register pages have elegant fountain pen entries. Includes a striking red silk ribbon marker.

🌿 Extras: Includes historic pressed botanical flora inserts (fern and flower).

📦 Shipping & Handling

🔒 Secure Packaging: Securely wrapped in bubble wrap and shipped in a sturdy box to ensure pristine delivery.

🚚 Shipping Class: Shipped via USPS Media Mail (or priority shipping upon request).

🌍 International Orders: International shipping available via 's International Shipping Program.

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Terms of Sale

All items are sold as-is. These items originate from an estate sales, or sales, etc. therefore their full history is unknown, they may have been exposed to smoke, pets, or other environmental factors. I try to clean items and make them presentable for re-sale however they are used and some items may contain odors or other factors that are out of my control.

Each item is carefully inspected prior to listing. Any observed defects, wear, or notable conditions will be fully disclosed in the item description and documented in the accompanying photographs. Buyers are encouraged to review all images and details thoroughly before making a purchase. I do my very best to notice all defects or damage etc but in the event I missed something please let me know. Conditions are sometimes based off of one’s opinion, so always read and review photos to make your own determination of condition based off of the pictures and descriptions I have provided.

I sell all items at the cheapest price on the market and pick the cheapest shipping available to me. I cannot control shipping fee’s. However you will notice I have a handling fee added because of the cost involved in packaging items such as boxes, tape, bubble wrap, ink and paper etc.

Due to the nature of estate sale items, returns and refunds are not offered. However I would rather come to an agreement that suits all parties involved. So CONTACT ME! Should a return be mutually agreed upon, the buyer is responsible for all shipping costs associated with the return.

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