The 1462 Fust & Schoeffer Bible : an essay /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	König, Eberhard, 1947-
Other Authors:	Fust, Johannes, 1400-1466 (Printer), Schöffer, Peter, approximately 1425-approximately 1502 (Printer)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Akron [Texas] : Evanston : Bruce Ferrini ; Hamill & Barker, 1993.
Subjects:	Bible. > Latin > Versions > Vulgate. Fust, Johannes, > 1400-1466. Schöffer, Peter, > approximately 1425-approximately 1502. Incunabula > Germany > Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate) > Bibliography. Printing > Germany > Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate) > History > Origin and antecedents. Imprimerie > Allemagne > Mayence > Histoire > Origines et antécédents. Bible. Incunabula. Printing > Origin and antecedents. Germany > Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate) Mayence Bible; > 48-line Bible detached leaves. Bibliographies. History. Leaf books. Typefaces (Type evidence) > Minion (Adobe)

Description
Item Description:	Issued in a drop-spine box. Six copies, lettered A-F, are reserved for the publishers; 15 copies, lettered G-U, contain a Bible leaf with a decorated initial. Cf. prospectus in copy 2. "166 copies of this book were produced at the printing office of W. Thomas Taylor. The type is Adobe Minion, printed letterpress on Magnani mouldmade paper. The plates were printed at Wind River Press. The binding is by BookLab. All work executed in Austin, Texas"--Title page verso. The Cushing Library Lowman copy is part of the Craig Jensen Collection. The Cushing Library Lowman copy is a production copy; does not include original leaf; quarter leather binding with paper sides; housed in drop-spine box. LC copy, deposited for copyright, wanting the box and the Bible leaf.
Physical Description:	40 pages : facsimiles ; 51 cm + 1 leaf in portfolio ([2] pages ; 41 cm)
Bibliography:	"Census of the extant copies of the 1462 Bible" (bibliography) : pages 31-40. Includes bibliographical references.