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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherHuntington Library Press
ISBN-100873281691
ISBN-139780873281690
eBay Product ID (ePID)936949
Product Key Features
Edition2
Book TitleGutenberg Bibles
Number of Pages48 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
TopicGraphic Arts / Typography, Christianity / General, Books & Reading, Europe / Medieval
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism, Design, Religion, History
AuthorJames E. Thorpe
Book SeriesTreasures from the Huntington Library
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight1.8 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN97-038318
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal093
SynopsisThe Gutenberg Bible, which appeared about 1455, represents the invention of printing in the Western world. The Huntington Library holds one of three vellum copies of the Gutenberg Bible in the United States. Color reproductions of several pages and initial letters from the Bible accompany this text, which details the early history of printing and the way the Gutenberg Bible was produced. The author also discusses Henry Huntington's purchase of the Bible in 1911 for the then-unimaginable sum of $50,000.