Bible in Latin A LEAF FROM THE GUTENBERG BIBLE. [MAINZ: JOHANN GUTENBERG AND JOHANN FUST 1455] Royal folio (391 × 283 mm). A single leaf: volume I, fo. 198 (quire 20, leaf 10), containing 1 Chronicles 8:37-10:14. 2 columns, 42 lines; initial spaces. Handsomely rubricated in red and blue. The leaf includes a Bull’s Head watermark. Bottom margin of leaf bleached to lighten a water stain, edges of leaf red-stained from preceding binding.. Black morocco binding gilt-titled on upper cover (Stikeman), in chipped slipcase with reinforced spine; including A. Edward Newton’s accompanying essay, A Noble Fragment, 1921.
Bible in Latin A LEAF FROM THE GUTENBERG BIBLE. [MAINZ: JOHANN GUTENBERG AND JOHANN FUST 1455] Royal folio (391 × 283 mm). A single leaf: volume I, fo. 198 (quire 20, leaf 10), containing 1 Chronicles 8:37-10:14. 2 columns, 42 lines; initial spaces. Handsomely rubricated in red and blue. The leaf includes a Bull’s Head watermark. Bottom margin of leaf bleached to lighten a water stain, edges of leaf red-stained from preceding binding.. Black morocco binding gilt-titled on upper cover (Stikeman), in chipped slipcase with reinforced spine; including A. Edward Newton’s accompanying essay, A Noble Fragment, 1921.
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