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Incunabulum incunabulorum. The Gutenberg Bible on vellum in the Vollbehr collection. An authenitc story of the choicest book of Christendom told anew, by Edwin Emerson.
- Title
- Incunabulum incunabulorum. The Gutenberg Bible on vellum in the Vollbehr collection. An authenitc story of the choicest book of Christendom told anew, by Edwin Emerson.
- Author
- Emerson, Edwin, 1869-1959
- Publication
- New York, Tudor Press [c1928]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | B 4509.28 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Vollbehr, Otto H. F. (Otto Heinrich Friederich), 1869-1946
- Description
- 54 p. illus., ports.; 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
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliographies
- Incunabula
- Presentation copies (Provenance)
- Note
- "Table of all the known Gutenberg Bibles on vellum still extant": p. [8]
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- 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.
- OCLC
- 16691381
- SCSB-12945568
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library