Leaf of the Gutenberg Bible

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Title:: Leaf of the Gutenberg Bible
Title (uniform):: Bible. Latin. Vulgate. 1454
Description:: Original leaf from the Gutenberg Bible. The leaf was taken by the book dealer Gabriel Wells from a copy of the Gutenberg Bible once housed at the Royal Library in Munich. The leaf contains Exodus xiv: 27-xvi: 22. Headlines, chapter numbers, and initials, rubricated in red and blue.
Printer:: Gutenberg, Johann, 1397?-1468
Printer:: Fust, Johannes, 1400-1466
Printer:: Schöffer, Peter, approximately 1425-approximately 1502
Former owner:: Elisabeth Auguste, Electress, consort of Karl Theodor, Elector Palatine and Elector of Bavaria, 1721-1794
Former owner:: Wells, Gabriel, 1862-1946
Former owner:: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Former owner:: Mannheimer Hofbibliothek
Date:: 1454
Format:: Prints
Genre:: Gothic type
Incunabula
Location:: Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):: Incunabula (Collection of Distinction)
Subjects:: Bible. Latin. Vulgate. 1454
Places:: Germany > Bavaria > Mainz
Extent:: [1] leaf
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/h128qt14t
Terms of Use:: No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Restrictions:: Access to physical copy/copies by appointment only. Please contact Boston Public Library Rare Books and Manuscripts Department for further information.

Publisher:: Mainz : Johannes Gutenberg
Notes (citation):: Hain, 3031
GW, 420
Schwenke, P. Johannes Gutenbergs 42-zeilige Bibel, p. 17 (leaf from no. 37)
Work of Bruce Rogers, 301
Warde, F. Bruce Rogers, 156
Notes:: Title supplied by cataloger.
Language:: Latin
Identifier:: 06_01_006239-06_01_006240
Call #:: RARE BKS Q.450.5 FOLIO
Barcode:: 39999085229936

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