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The first printing of the Christmas story /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brewer, F. (Fredric) (Author, Printer)
Other Authors: Badius, Josse, 1462-1535
Format: Book
Language:English
Latin
Published: [Bloomington, Indiana] : [Raintree Press], [between 1977 and 1990?]
Subjects:
Gutenberg, Johann, > 1397?-1468.
Printing > History > Origin and antecedents.
Gutenberg Bible > History.
Jesus Christ > Nativity.
Printers' marks, French > Facsimiles.
Hand-printed books > Specimens.
Description
Item Description:Tipped in is a reproduction, greatly reduced, "from the New Testament volume of the Gutenberg Bible in the Lilly Library at Indiana University" of the beginning of chapter two of the Book of Luke, in Latin.
On cover is a reproduction of the woodcut printing "device of Jodocus Badius Ascensius of Paris and was first used in 1507".
Physical Description:1 folded card : illustration ; 17 cm