56 x 39 cm. 8 facsimile volumes with 1,175 pages and 1 volume of documents, 306 pages with reproductions of the 1,222 unillustrated pages, and 2 commentary volumes. Original leather bindings. In original slipcases. - The first deluxe manuscript of the Bible in German. Almost 150 years before Luther's translation of the Bible, the oldest German deluxe manuscript of the Bible was created in Prague, one of the leading book illumination schools of the Middle Ages. The monumental codex, comprising the texts of the Old Testament on more than 2,400 pages, was produced between 1389 and 1400 for the Bohemian King Wenceslas IV and is considered the masterpiece of the famous Wenceslas workshop. A total of 646 miniatures and lavish marginal decoration make this Bible a bibliophile treasure. Volume 1: Genesis and Exodus. Volume 2: Leviticus and Numbers. Volume 3: Deuteronomy and Joshua. Volume 4: Judges, Ruth, and Samuel I. Volume 5: Samuel II and Kings I. Volume 6: Kings II and Chronicles I. Volume 7: Chronicles II, Ezra I and Ezra II. Volume 8: Ezra III, Tobias, and Ecclesiastes. Volume 9: Document Volume. Enclosed: 2 volumes: Commentary volume and explanatory notes on the illuminated pages. This copy is one of a few of the deluxe edition, bound in full leather with a gold cover vignette. In original slipcase. Published in 780 numbered copies and in immaculate condition.