Leaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible
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Heading: (Bible in Latin)
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Title: Leaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible
Place Published: [Mainz]
Publisher:[Johann Fust & Peter Schoeffer]
Date Published: [1462]
Description:
Author:
Title: Leaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible
Place Published: [Mainz]
Publisher:[Johann Fust & Peter Schoeffer]
Date Published: [1462]
Description:
One leaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible. 40.3x30 cm (15¾x11¾"). Printed in double columns, 48 lines. Three hand-executed decorative initials in blue or red; headline on both sides added by hand in alternate red and blue letters.
Rare leaf from the Book of Esther, from the 1462 Mainz Bible printed by Fust & Schoeffer, the earliest Bible with a printed date and essentially the earliest Bible leaf obtainable after Gutenberg.
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Some light soiling primarily to margins, one edge a little rough where formerly bound, slight chip at top corner, else fine and crisp.
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Leaf from the 1462 Fust and Schoeffer Bible
Estimate $3,000 - $4,000
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