The Gutenberg Bible: Landmark in Learning (Treasures from the Huntington Library)

The Gutenberg Bible: Landmark in Learning (Treasures from the Huntington Library)

by JThorpe (Author)

Synopsis

The 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.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 48
Edition: 2nd Ed., Cloth
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 06 Jul 2004

ISBN 10: 0873281691
ISBN 13: 9780873281690

Author Bio
James Thorpe is a distinguished scholar and former director of the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens from 1966 1983. He is now a Senior Research Associate at the Huntington.