Biblia sacra [the Gutenberg Bible].

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2 volumes folio (48 cm in slipcase). Facsimile printed on rag paper produced for this edition; all pages lithographed, and illuminated pages printed "by sheet-fed gravure." Bound by hand in sturdy full morocco, stamped with Gutenberg's initials on upper boards, titled in gilt on spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endleaves. Protected in original clamshell boxes. Some tenderness to inner hinges of boxes, else about fine. Extra shipping charges will apply at cost. Colophon: "The first Gutenberg facsimile ever printed in the United States and only the second in the world. The reproduction derives from the Insel Verlag edition [1913-14] which was based on the copy in the Koniglichen Bibliothek in Berlin and the copy in the Standischen Landesbibliothek in Fulda, considered by authorities to be the most beautifully illuminated of the 47 copies known to exist . Limited to 1000 numbered sets . [This is] no. 172."/ Printed in black and red. Rubricated in red. Initials and running titles in red and blue (most of the initials floriated or decorated with faces, animals, etc.) Many large initials illuminated in gold (one also in silver) and decorated in many colors (mostly with floral designs, but also with miniatures, birds, etc.), the decoration often filling one or more whole margins of the page." Facsimile edition, limited to 1000 copies, of which this is #79. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6403

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