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The first book to achieve a sale price of greater than $1 million was a copy of the Gutenberg Bible which sold for $2.4 million in 1978. The most copies of a single book sold for a price over $1 million is John James Audubon's The Birds of America (1827–1838), which is represented by eight different copies in this list.
A type facsimile of a page from the Gutenberg Bible, printed at the museum Older part of the Gutenberg Museum in the Zum Römischen Kaiser house, Mainz. The Gutenberg Museum is one of the oldest museums of printing in the world, located opposite the cathedral in the old part of Mainz, Germany.
The copy of the Gutenberg Bible held at the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The Gutenberg Bible, also known as the 42-line Bible, the Mazarin Bible or the B42, was the earliest major book printed in Europe using mass-produced metal movable type. It marked the start of the "Gutenberg Revolution" and the age of printed books in the West.
Gutenberg the great man has done this noble work. Whether the darkness defends itself, whether it pulls a thousand tricks, whether it rages outraged, still it pales, sinks like a corpse, while crowned as a champion, stands the light before all the world. Gutenberg, you brave man, you stand gloriously in the [divine] plan.
A facsimile (from Latin fac simile, "to make alike") is a copy or reproduction of an old book, manuscript, map, art print, or other item of historical value that is as true to the original source as possible. It differs from other forms of reproduction by attempting to replicate the source as accurately as possible in scale, color, condition ...
The Gutenberg Prize of the City of Leipzig (German: Gutenberg-Preis der Stadt Leipzig) is an award in memory of Johannes Gutenberg.Since 1959, the prize honor personalities or institutions that make outstanding contributions to the promotion of the art of books.
A facsimile is a copy or reproduction of an old book, manuscript, map, art print, or other item of historical value that is as true to the original source as possible. Facsimile may also refer to: Facsimile, a 1946 orchestral composition by Leonard Bernstein; Fax, short for facsimile, the telephonic transmission of scanned printed material
The Gutenberg-Jahrbuch is an annual periodical publication covering the history of printing and the book. Its focus is on incunables , early printing , and the life and work of Johannes Gutenberg , inventor of the modern printed book.