Auktion: 353 / Wertvolle Bücher und Maritime Kunst am 18.05.2009 in Hamburg Lot 135

 
Biblia hebraica - Bible. New Testament. Matthew. Literary Mongolian. 1819


135
Biblia hebraica
Bible. New Testament. Matthew. Literary Mongolian. 1819
Schätzung:
€ 4.000
Ergebnis:
€ 2.640

(inkl. Käuferaufgeld)
Biblia mongolica. - Bibel. Neues Testament. Matthäus (mongolisch). - Bibel. Neues Testament. Johannes (mongolisch). 2 Tle. in 1 Bd.(St. Petersburg, Russische Bibel-Gesellschaft 1819). Gefleckter Ldr. d. Zt. VDeckel mit blindgepr. Stempel der Russischen Bibel Gesellschaft. Schmal-Folio. 118 S.; 99 S.
Darlow/Moule 6821 und 6821a. - Erste mongolische Ausgaben, zugleich die ersten in mongolischer Schrift erschienene Drucke überhaupt. Die ersten Bemühungen, die Bibel den Mongolen näherzubringen, wurden 1815 in Kalmückisch unternommen. "When copies of the 'Kalmuk' version of St. Matthew's Gospel, translated by I. J. Schmidt, reached Irkutsk, it proved unintelligible to the Mongols there, mainly because of the character in which it was printed. However, it was deciphered and excited such keen interest that 'the chief Lama of the Mongols and the prince of the Chorinian Buriats' collected about 550l., which they send to the Russian B. S., with the petition that this Gospel, and, if possible, other books of the N. T., might be translated into ordinary Mongolian and printed in the Mongolian character. At the request of Prince Galitzin, President of the Russian B. S., two selected Burian chiefs ... were sent to St. Petersburg, where they co-operated with I. J. Schmidt in producing a version of the Gospels and the Acts" (Darlow/M.). - Ecken leicht bestoßen, Kap. mit Läsuren.
First Mongolian editions of the first books of the bible and indeed of the first books ever printed in literary Mongolian. Contemp. marbled leather with blind circular stamp of the Russian Bible society on front cover. - Edges slightly bumped, spine ends with damages.




135
Biblia hebraica
Bible. New Testament. Matthew. Literary Mongolian. 1819
Schätzung:
€ 4.000
Ergebnis:
€ 2.640

(inkl. Käuferaufgeld)