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(BIBLE IN LATIN.) Single leaf from a paper copy of the 42-line Bible, with the text of 2 Kings 21:3-23:3. Rubricated. Folio, 390x286 mm; some marginal soiling, vertical slit in blank lower inner corner repaired on verso with adhesive show-through on recto. [Mainz: Johann Gutenberg & Johann Fust, circa 1450-55]
Hain 3031; GW 4201; BMC I, 17; Goff B526; ISTC ib00526000. Hinged in a copy of A. Edward Newton, A Noble Fragment; being, A Leaf of the Gutenberg Bible, 1450-1455, with a Bibliographical Essay. Folio, original black morocco gilt by Stikeman, spine ends damaged; publisher's board slipcase, worn and cracked, with spine panel loose. New York: Gabriel Wells, 1921.
