Editio Princeps: A History of the Gutenberg Bible

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2017
Author
Language
English
Number of Pages
465 pp.
Publisher
Harvey Miller Publishers
City
London, England
Chronological Period
ISBN
9781909400849
Annotation

Contents: 

Part one. Editio princeps. Europe's first printer 

  • The work of the books
  • A book without history 

Part two. A history of the Gutenberg Bible. The first fruits of the eighteenth century 

  • The long harvest of the nineteenth century
  • The last gleanings of the twentieth century
  • Epilogue : fertile ground for the twenty-first century 

Part three. A census of Gutenberg Bibles. Surviving copies (including fragments) 

  • Additional recorded survivals (present locations unknown)
  • Notional copies (not otherwise recorded)
  • Accessory fragments (not from completed Bibles)
  • Doubtful copies and 'ghosts.'
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