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Pages from the Gutenberg Bible of 42 lines : 25 facsimiles from the copy in the General Theological Seminary, New York : with introduction and notes / by Otto W. Fuhrmann ; published in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the invention of printing.
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- Format:
- Book
- Standardized Title:
- Bible. Latin. Vulgate. Selections. 1940.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gutenberg Bible.
- Printing--History--Celebrations of invention.
- Printing.
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Block Bible Collection (RBC copy)
- Block, Gordon A. (donor) (RBC copy)
- Physical Description:
- 6 unnumbered pages, XXV pages : chiefly facsimiles ; 41 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : H.W. Wilson Company, 1940.
- Notes:
- "Two thousand copies of this book have been printed for the H.W. Wilson Company, New York, in May, 1940, by Rogers-Kellogg-Stillson, Inc."--p. [XXVI].
- "The present publication presents a cross-section of typical pages ... The printing has been done by letterpress, from zinc etchings made by the cold enamel process"--p. [6] (first group).
- Running heads, chapter indications and subheads are in red; initials in red and blue.
- OCLC:
- 729067
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