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Incunabulum incunabulorum : the Gutenberg Bible on vellum in the Vollbehr collection : an authentic story of the choicest book of Christendom
- Title
- Incunabulum incunabulorum : the Gutenberg Bible on vellum in the Vollbehr collection : an authentic story of the choicest book of Christendom / told anew by Edwin Emerson.
- Author
- Emerson, Edwin, 1869-1959
- Publication
- New York : Tudor Press, [1928]
- ©1928
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Restricted use | *KAM (Emerson, E. Incunabulum incunabulorum) | Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 |
Details
- Description
- 6 unnumbered pages, 9-54 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations, portraits, tables; 23 cm
- Summary
- The story of this Gutenberg Bible prior to its purchase by the Library of Congress in 1930; Vollbehr had acquired it in 1926 from the Benedictine monastery of Sankt Paul im Lavanttal, Austria.
- Alternative Title
- Gutenberg Bible on vellum in the Vollbehr collection
- Subjects
- Incunabula > Washington (D.C.)
- Bible > Latin > Vulgate > 1454
- Gutenberg Bible
- Vollbehr, Otto H. F (Otto Heinrich Friederich), 1869-1946
- Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress)
- Printing > History > Origin and antecedents
- Vellum printed books > Germany > Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate) > Bibliography
- Fust, Johannes, 1400-1466
- Incunabula > Germany > Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate) > Bibliography
- Gutenberg, Johann, 1397?-1468
- Note
- "Table of all the known Gutenberg Bibles on vellum still extant": page [8].
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Incunabulator incunabulatorum, foremost of 15th century printers : namely Gutenberg -- A man of mystery : Johann Fust, yclept Faustus -- The book of books : Gutenberg's 42-line Bible on vellum, id est Incunabulum incunabulorum, the cradle piece of Christian printing -- A linguistic epilogue : derivation and meaning of the Latin word incunabula.
- Call Number
- *KAM (Emerson, E. Incunabulum incunabulorum)
- LCCN
- 28008335
- OCLC
- 16691381
- Author
- Emerson, Edwin, 1869-1959, author.
- Title
- Incunabulum incunabulorum : the Gutenberg Bible on vellum in the Vollbehr collection : an authentic story of the choicest book of Christendom / told anew by Edwin Emerson.
- Publisher
- New York : Tudor Press, [1928]
- Copyright Date
- ©1928
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
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- Other Form:
- Online version: Emerson, Edwin, 1869-1959. Incunabulum incunabulorum. New York : Tudor Press, [1928], ©1928. (OCoLC)609706116
- Research Call Number
- *KAM (Emerson, E. Incunabulum incunabulorum)