A Noble Fragment Being a Leaf of the Gutenberg Bible
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content: 1921
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content: Gutenberg, Johannes
label: printer
content: Rudge, William Edwin
notes: label: Description
content: Leather binding containing an essay about the Gutenberg Bible, A Noble Fragment Being a Leaf of the Gutenberg Bible 1450-1455 with a Bibliographical Essay by A. Edward Newton. New York: Gabriel Wells, 1921. These preliminary pages were printed at the shop of William Edwin Rudge, New York.
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content: 8 page signature includes title page and four pages of text with blank sheets and end leaves in black leather binding with gold stamping on the cover: A Leaf of The Gutenberg Bible (1450-1455).
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content: The original leaf (GA.13105.01) has been removed to a protective sleeve.
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content: Currently not on view
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content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.13105.02
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content: 69348
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content: GA.13105.02
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content: bound essay
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content: Letterpress
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content: leather (overall material)
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label: Measurements
content: overall: 41 cm x 30 cm; 16 5/32 in x 11 13/16 in