The Gutenberg Bible (7 results)

stiff paper wrappers. Gutenberg Bible (illustrator). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 24 pages. Illustrated including a full color reproduction of a page from the Huntington copy of the Bible.

4to. Orig. printed boards in illustrated dustjacket. With double-page fold. frontisp. and full-page mostly coloured plates. Fine. NOTE: The purchase price realised was $2.2 million.

Single leaf printed on recto only. 16 x 12 inches, enclosed in a gilt-lettered portfolio. Very fine. Printed on art vellum, and with decorations in gold and colors.

cloth, slipcase. Gutenberg Bible (illustrator). folio. cloth, slipcase. Complete facsimile of the first book printed from moveable type. With a few colored illustrations at the front of the New Testament. Spines slightly faded to all three volumes, else fine in near fine slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Beautiful German Bible manuscript leaf on vellum, circa 1425. This is a classic example of the scribal writing (in Textura/Gothic) which Gutenberg used as the basis for the type that he created for the first printed book in 1455. This is a particularly lovely example, written in a large Gothic hand, double column, one 2-line initial in red and blue with elaborate 15-line tracery in the margin; one 6-line initial in red and blue with tracery. From Judges. This vellum leaf came from the typography collection of RR Donnelley, the great Chicago printing firm. The leaf is beautifully presented in a sturdy black paper mount and the leaf is fully viewable from both sides. This manuscript leaf looks very much like a printed Gutenberg leaf, right down to the black, red and blue inking used in that most famous book. Delightful.

457 x 330 mm. (18 x 13"). Two facsimile volumes, with a volume of commentary in German. VERY ORNATE BLIND-STAMPED CALF OVER THICK WOODEN BOARDS by Ernst Ammering, covers panelled with central diapered field, multiple blind rules forming several compartments on covers and spines containing nearly 500 individual stamps (mostly ornamental, but a charming stamp of a lute player on either side of the central panel on each cover), large brass corner and center bosses, double raised bands, spine panels with decoration in blind similar to the covers, leather thongs with brass clasps, brass catches. Initials, chapter numbers, and headlines printed in red and blue, APPROXIMATELY 100 ILLUMINATED INITIALS, some with marginal extension, the openings of each of the books of the Bible with large illuminated initials (MANY OF THESE CONTAINING MINIATURES) IN SEVERAL COLORS AND GOLD AND WITH ELABORATE FANCIFUL MARGINAL BORDERS incorporating flowers, foliage, animals, etc., the whole reproduced in collotype in as many as 10 colors and gold. Front flyleaf of volume I of the facsimile and the commentary volume with name and hometown of the original subscriber, Father Alwin Bokern, written in ink with considerable flourish; flyleaf at rear with handwritten information on the original date of purchase (23 February 1978) and price paid for books (DM 8,600, or approximately $4,300 at the time) and the special binding (DM 4,600. or about $2,300); about 16 pp. in the commentary volume annotated in his elegant hand. â Trivial spots of rubbing to covers, but in nearly mint condition. Printed on a one-time batch of luxurious Van Gelder rag paper, this magnificent facsimile edition was reproduced from the copy of Gutenberg's 42-line Bible in the possession of the Prussian State Library in Berlin, one of the most richly illuminated copies in existence. Our deluxe binding is a copy of the one on the Gutenberg Bible at the Hessian State Library in Fulda. (This facsimile edition was also offered in a simpler calf binding and in a binding of calf-backed wooden boards.) In addition to the Bible itself, this set contains a facsimile of the "Tabula Rubricarum" (of which only two copies are known), consisting of hand-written additions in which Gutenberg gave precise directions for the embellishment of the text. In the deluxe binding offered here (in which form, it cost more than $6,000 at the time of publication), this is an arresting production and is certainly the most beautiful replica ever done of the first substantial European book to be printed with movable type. No. 631 of 895 COPIES for sale, (of a total of 955 copies printed).

BIBLE IN LATIN; LEAF BOOK|GUTENBERG, Johann|NEWTON, A. Edward (illustrator). A Leaf from the Gutenberg Bible- Numbers 21-23. The Story of Balaam, a Donkey and an Angel [BIBLE IN LATIN]. [GUTENBERG, Johann]. Leaf of the Gutenberg Bible, 1450-1455. [Biblia Latina] [Leaf 76, Numbers 21-23.] [Mainz: Johann Gutenberg, Johann Fust, and Peter Schoeffer, 1455]. Original large paper leaf from the Gutenberg Bible. Folio, (15 7/16 x 11 1/4 inches, 392 x 286 mm). [1] leaf of text, printed on both sides. Black gothic letter, forty-two lines, double columns. Two, two-line capitals, one printed in red, and one in blue. With page headings and chapter numbers in red and blue ink. Capital strokes in red. Leaf 76, containing one column and six lines of the end of Chapter 21, all of Chapter 22, and four lines of the beginning of Chapter 23. Edges stained red. A bit of light toning around edges and some residue from removal along one edges. Leaf in a mylar sleeve, viewable on both sides, housed in a custom quarter morocco clamshell. About fine. This "greatest of all printed books," the Gutenberg Bible was the first book printed from movable type in the Western hemisphere (PMM). Only forty-eight copies of it are known, most of which are incomplete. Every copy, leaf, or fragment of this Bible represents a rare tangible piece of cultural history, and an immense achievement in the art and craft of printing. "Its printers were competing in the market hitherto supplied by the producers of high-class manuscripts. The design of the book and the layout of the book were therefore based on the book-hand and manuscript design of the day, and a very high standard of press-work was required-and obtained-to enable the new mechanical product to compete successfully with its hand-produced rivals. Standards were set in quality of paper and blackness of ink, in design and professional skill, which the printers of later generations have found difficult to maintain" (PMM). The text of the leaf is the Vulgate Latin text of Saint Jerome, and the leaf presented here is Leaf 76, Numbers 21-23. "At this chapter [22] begins the famous story of Balak and Balaam, their attempt to curse Israel, and the baffling of that attempt. After leaving Egypt, Moses in his wanderings must pass through Moab and Balak, king of Moab was afraid of the Israelites and sent a message to Balaam to curse the Israelites. When Balaam spoke to God about this, God replied "You shall not curse these people, they are blessed." Balaam then refused to come back with the princes of Moab to help Balak, so they asked him again. When Balaam defied God on his way to help Balak, God's guidance came from the mouth of Balaam's donkey who tells him to speak to the King of Moab, only tell the King what God tells him to say. The King of Moab continues to try and get Balaam to curse Israel, but Balaam replies that the Lord declares Israel blessed and dissuades him from attacking Israel and saves him from destruction at the hands of the Lord. This is a riveting story from the Old Testament that contains three mystical characters- a taking donkey, an angel armed with a sword and a soothsayer- and two extremely rare interactions. This is the only instance in the Bible in which God opens the mouth of an animal in order to allow her to decry the beating inflicted on her by her owner. "What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times? Am I not your donkey on which you have ridden, ever since I became yours, to this day?" Allowing the donkey to express his despair shows God's love and respect for animals. In addition to a taking donkey, God communicates directly to a Gentile- Balaam the son of Beor, a pagan soothsayer, and confirms his covenant with Abraham and Issac where he informs Balaam that Israel is a blessed nation and is to be protected. Printing and the Mind of Man 1. Goff B-526B. HBS 68768. $115,000.