. The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants. Nutzanwendungen zu den iunf Buchern Mosis dem hohelied Solomonis und der Offenbarung S. Johannis Die erste Aurlage Somerset Gedruckt und zu finden bey Friedrich Goeb 1S13 The collation is as follows: Title (verso blank). Preface (Ipage). List of books (1 page). OldTestament (527 pp.). Apocrypha(66 pp.)—Title. List of books (verso).New Testament (169 pp.). 1 blankpage. Readings for Feast days (2pages). The preface is written by Frie
. The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants. Nutzanwendungen zu den iunf Buchern Mosis dem hohelied Solomonis und der Offenbarung S. Johannis Die erste Aurlage Somerset Gedruckt und zu finden bey Friedrich Goeb 1S13 The collation is as follows: Title (verso blank). Preface (Ipage). List of books (1 page). OldTestament (527 pp.). Apocrypha(66 pp.)—Title. List of books (verso).New Testament (169 pp.). 1 blankpage. Readings for Feast days (2pages). The preface is written by FriedrichGoeb himself and begins thus:Freunde des Gottlichen Wort* und Geneister deutcher Leser! In dieser westlichen Gegend \ onPennsylvanien, ist diese Ausgabe derHciligen Schrifft in unseren deutchenMutter Sprache, die erste welchedurch den offentlichen Druck, etc.*1The date of this preface is Tune 26,1813. This is an interesting book to col-lectors as it was the first edition of theBible published in Western Pennsyl-vania: (See Page 15;. Wrights EBibles in America, 3rd Ed. X. Y. I? 150 THE PENNSYLVANIA-GERMAN B IB L1 A © 4 i I fl. ©f< g4fl5e Bbitii d;. •I i •?/ . 5iKnt utt^ 5iftech S:tttfliiifiifv/ Tl Watilxi gutter*, $%\t j$«j £apitcis furjcn ^untmaiini, andim& riinccn Carafe! 25ft ci-uc $ufia$f. :.T^>«V*\».>*V<ViXis***i *W*% »*»?»«.» » V«l>*X«Hi**-t*»A »*•.». >\*»xt\\l\ » >-»«. ? c-orcimi & • :-.^.r iei3. TITLE PAGE OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THE BIBLE PUBLISHED IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA The claim is also made that it is thefirst Bible printed in America west ofthe Susquehanna River. It is boundin oak boards nearly y^-mch thick,covered with leather. This German Bible of FriederichGocbs is certainly a scarce book andcopies of it are seldom seen. Thewriter himself is in possession of onecopy, and knows of but two othercopies about Somerset. While we have thus far evidence ofthere having been three German news-papers published in So
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