Each Gutenberg Bible has nearly 1,300 pages and weighs around 60 pounds. It’s written in Latin and printed in double columns, with 42 lines per page. Most were printed on paper. A few others on ...
Experts today assume that Gutenberg made the change after he discovered he was not putting enough material on each page to keep the Bible the size he wanted it. Today the Widener copy is in ...
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Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin In 1921, when American antiquarian book dealer Gabriel Wells detached pages from his rare copy ...