Fust and Schoeffer 48-Line Bible Leaf
Johann Fust & Peter Schoeffer
1462
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A fine leaf from the fourth edition of the Vulgate Bible, or the 48-line Bible, preceded only by the 42-line Gutenberg Bible, the 36-line Pfister Bible (Bamberg) and the 49-line Mentelin Bible (Strassburg), and is the first also to include the date of publication, the place of printing, and bear the name of the printer.
- Mainz: Johann Fust & Peter Schoeffer, 14 August 1462.
- Royal folio.
- Leaf 194 from gathering 20 of book one, text from 2 Esdras chapter 15 and 16. Double column, 48 lines printed in Gothic type.
- Titles and chapters in alternating red and blue letters, red and blue two-line initials, rubricated capital initials.
- Lines 35 to 41 in both columns of recto (only) are reset.
- Housed in a cloth portfolio and with slipcase with a gilt-lettered red morocco spine label.
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Very Good2.5 inch closed tear to outer margin just slightly affecting text expertly repaired.
Two old paper-clip ghosting marks to upper margin.
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