The term refers to each of the two-volume Bibles printed in Gutenberg’s workshop around 1454. Before that, all existing ...

The Gutenberg Bible has long been a magic term among book collectors. As the "first printed book worthy of the name", copies of it have been valued at above $350,000. Harvard has an outstanding ...

Almost 600 years later, just 49 copies of the Gutenberg Bible are still in existence, and less than half of those are complete copies. One is under lock and key at the Library of Congress in ...

A daring burglar came within inches of successfully stealing Harvard's Gutenberg Bible from its resting place in Widener Library on August 19. He succeeded in foiling the library's alarm system ...

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The first complete book Gutenberg printed was the Bible, which he ran off his Mainz, Germany press around 1456. Historians believe Gutenberg printed about 200 copies of the two-volume Bible in the ...

But in German, of course. - $22 – The last copy of a complete Gutenberg Bible publicly sold was in 1978 and went for $2.2M. - $36 – There are 48 known remaining complete copies of the ...

Origins Samuel J. TildenThe origins of this remarkable institution date back to the time when New York was emerging as one of the world's ...

The entire Bible has been translated into over 670 languages; the New Testament alone can be read in more than 1,500 additional languages. 1 of 20 Text detail from a Gutenberg Bible printed in ...

Since the Gutenberg Bible popularized movable type nearly 600 years ago, typesetters and designers have been trying to pick the best fonts. With digital technology, at least we can all finally ...

Back in the 1450s, when the Bible became the first major work printed in Europe with moveable metal type, Johannes Gutenberg was a man with a plan. The German inventor decided to make the most of ...