[MANUSCRIPT VELLUM LEAF] -- BIBLE in Latin. German manuscript circa 1420;Gutenberg interest
by Bible, Gutenberg, Vellum
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
Gutenberg interest, 1425. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 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.
Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Sky Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5646
- Title
- [MANUSCRIPT VELLUM LEAF] -- BIBLE in Latin. German manuscript circa 1420;Gutenberg interest
- Author
- Bible, Gutenberg, Vellum
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Gutenberg interest
- Date Published
- 1425
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...