GUTENBERG, Johann, printer (d. 1468)]. – BIBLE, Latin. [Mainz: Johann Gutenberg and Johann Fust 1455].
GUTENBERG, Johann, printer (d. 1468)]. – BIBLE, Latin. [Mainz: Johann Gutenberg and Johann Fust 1455]. A single paper leaf from the Gutenberg Bible, the first substantial book printed with moveable type . A fine leaf from the Gutenberg Bible, being the end of Chapter 45 through the beginning of Chapter 48 of Isaiah. Royal folio (390 x 285 mm). Single leaf (fol. 63) from vol.2, containing Isaiah 45:6-48:6. 42 lines, double column. Gothic type 1:140. 2-line Lombard initials supplied in blue and red, headlines and chapter numbers in alternating red and blue letters, capital strokes in red. Tipped-in to: A Noble Fragment: Being a leaf of the Gutenberg Bible, with a bibliographical essay by A. Edward Newton . New York: Gabriel Wells, 1921. Dark blue morocco gilt, by Stikeman and Co. (some spotting and light wear); original cardboard slipcase (defective). BMC I, 17 (IC.55); BSB-Ink. B-408; Chalmers Disbound and Dispersed 18; CIBN B-361; DeRicci/ Mayence 53 (=78); GW 4201; Hain *3031; Needham P18; Norman, pp.253-258; Pr 56; Goff B-526. Provenance : Maria Elisabeth Augusta von Sulzbach (1721-1794), wife of Carl Theodore, Electoral Prince of the Palatinate, subsequently Electoral Prince of Bavaria; Mannheim, Hofbibliothek; Munich, Royal Library (their duplicate sale, 1832, sold for 350 guilders); Robert Curzon Baron Zouche (1810-1873, and by descent until sold); Sotheby's 9 November 1920, lot 70, to Joseph Sabin; sold by him to; Gabriel Wells, who broke up the copy, dispersing it in single leaves, many of them accompanied by A. Edward Newton's essay, as here, and in larger fragments.
GUTENBERG, Johann, printer (d. 1468)]. – BIBLE, Latin. [Mainz: Johann Gutenberg and Johann Fust 1455].
GUTENBERG, Johann, printer (d. 1468)]. – BIBLE, Latin. [Mainz: Johann Gutenberg and Johann Fust 1455]. A single paper leaf from the Gutenberg Bible, the first substantial book printed with moveable type . A fine leaf from the Gutenberg Bible, being the end of Chapter 45 through the beginning of Chapter 48 of Isaiah. Royal folio (390 x 285 mm). Single leaf (fol. 63) from vol.2, containing Isaiah 45:6-48:6. 42 lines, double column. Gothic type 1:140. 2-line Lombard initials supplied in blue and red, headlines and chapter numbers in alternating red and blue letters, capital strokes in red. Tipped-in to: A Noble Fragment: Being a leaf of the Gutenberg Bible, with a bibliographical essay by A. Edward Newton . New York: Gabriel Wells, 1921. Dark blue morocco gilt, by Stikeman and Co. (some spotting and light wear); original cardboard slipcase (defective). BMC I, 17 (IC.55); BSB-Ink. B-408; Chalmers Disbound and Dispersed 18; CIBN B-361; DeRicci/ Mayence 53 (=78); GW 4201; Hain *3031; Needham P18; Norman, pp.253-258; Pr 56; Goff B-526. Provenance : Maria Elisabeth Augusta von Sulzbach (1721-1794), wife of Carl Theodore, Electoral Prince of the Palatinate, subsequently Electoral Prince of Bavaria; Mannheim, Hofbibliothek; Munich, Royal Library (their duplicate sale, 1832, sold for 350 guilders); Robert Curzon Baron Zouche (1810-1873, and by descent until sold); Sotheby's 9 November 1920, lot 70, to Joseph Sabin; sold by him to; Gabriel Wells, who broke up the copy, dispersing it in single leaves, many of them accompanied by A. Edward Newton's essay, as here, and in larger fragments.
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