Gutenberg Bible
name: label: maker
content: Gutenberg, Johannes
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Leaf from the Gutenberg Bible printed in Mainz, Germany, ca1455. In the early 1920s New York antiquarian bookseller Gabriel Wells acquired an imperfect copy which he separated into leaves to be sold individually. Each leaf was presented in a leather portfolio with an accompanying essay by A. Edward Newton, "A Noble Fragment, Being a Leaf of the Gutenberg Bible (1450-1455)", which was printed by William Edwin Rudge.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.13105
label: catalog number
content: 13105
label: accession number
content: 69348
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sheet (Paper)
label: Object Type
content: Letterpress
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 40.6 cm x 30.5 cm; 15 31/32 in x 12 in