A noble fragment, being a leaf of the Gutenberg Bible 1450-1455; with a bibliographical essay by A. Edward Newton.

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Format
Book
Language
  • English
  • Latin
Published/​Created
New York, Gabriel Wells, 1921.
Description
[8] p., [1] leaf ; 41 cm.

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Notes
  • Princeton leaf c contains II Samuel, chap. I-II.26 (partial)
  • The prelim. pages (Newton's bibliographical essay) were printed under the direction of Bruce Rogers at the shop of William Edwin Rudge. Goof B-526.
Provenance
Provenance: Maria Elisabeth Augusta von Sulzbach (1721-1794), wife of Carl Theodore, Electoral Prince of the Palatinate, subsequently Electoral Prince of Bavaria; Mannheim, Hofbibliothek; Munich, Royal Library (their duplicate sale, 1832, sold for 350 guilders); Robert Curzon, Baron Zouche (1810-1873, and by descent until sold); Sotheby's 9 November 1920, lot 70, to Joseph Sabin; sold by him to; Gabriel Wells, who broke up the copy, dispersing it in single leaves, many of them accompanied by A. Edward Newton's essay.
LCCN
ca 28000133
OCLC
6677192
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