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The lost Gutenberg : the astounding story of one book's five-hundred-year odyssey

by Margaret Leslie Davis

This history traces the five-century journey of a single copy of the Gutenberg Bible. It details the lives of the diverse collectors obsessed with owning this rare book, from European monks and an English earl to its final private owner, Estelle Doheny.

Accession 16612 ISBN 9781592408672 Publisher —
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Story of one extremely rare copy of the Gutenberg Bible, and its impact on the lives of the fanatical few who were lucky enough to own it. […] from its creation by Johannes Gutenberg, through the hands of monks, an earl, the Worcestershire sauce king, and a nuclear physicist to its ultimate resting place. -- blurb

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