Caption: "Leaf from the First Germantown Bible, 1743 A.D., Germantown: Gedruckt bey Christoph Saur; The first issue, in America, of the Bible printed in a European language. Luther's version was used, with addtions from the mystic Berlenburg Bible and an appendix to the New Testament prepared by Saur himself. The printer encountered great difficulties and opposition as a result of limited finances, lack of type, and the religious controversies of the time. Lutheran ministers and the Schwenkfelders preached against Saur, who was classed as an 'arch-Separatist'. Of the 1200 copies which were printed and which required more that two decades to be disposed of, only about 150 copies are known to be in existence (Darlow and Moule 4240)."
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