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Auction archive: Lot number 20

Leaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$1,800
Auction archive: Lot number 20

Leaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$1,800
Beschreibung:

Title: Leaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible Author: ** Place: [Mainz] Publisher: [Johann Fust & Peter Schoeffer] Date: [1462] Description: One leaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible. 15¾ x 11¾ inches. Printed in double columns, 48 lines. Original hand executed decorative initials in blue and red; headline on both sides added by hand in alternate red and blue letters. Rare leaf from the 1462 Mainz Bible printed by Fust & Schoeffer, the earliest Bible with a printed date and essentially the earliest Bible leaf obtainable after Gutenberg. Leaf is from the Book of Numbers with the complete text of chapter 17, flanked by text from chapters 16 & 18. Lot Amendments Condition: Very good. Item number: 172642

Auction archive: Lot number 20
Auction:
Datum:
8 Jun 2006
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: Leaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible Author: ** Place: [Mainz] Publisher: [Johann Fust & Peter Schoeffer] Date: [1462] Description: One leaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible. 15¾ x 11¾ inches. Printed in double columns, 48 lines. Original hand executed decorative initials in blue and red; headline on both sides added by hand in alternate red and blue letters. Rare leaf from the 1462 Mainz Bible printed by Fust & Schoeffer, the earliest Bible with a printed date and essentially the earliest Bible leaf obtainable after Gutenberg. Leaf is from the Book of Numbers with the complete text of chapter 17, flanked by text from chapters 16 & 18. Lot Amendments Condition: Very good. Item number: 172642

Auction archive: Lot number 20
Auction:
Datum:
8 Jun 2006
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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