GUTENBERG BIBLE
SALE IN BRITAIN IN MARCH BOUGHT IN 1908 FOR £2050 (N.Z.P.A. Special Correspondent.) (Rec. 9 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 28. One of the last of the original Gutenberg Bibles remaining in private ownership in Britain is to be offered for sale at Sothebys on March 11. The Bible, which is in two volumes, is the property of Mr Charles Dyson Perrins of Malvern, who bought it in 1908 for £2,050. To-day it is expected to bring a huge sum. The two volumes are among the original first printed editions of the Bible carried out by Gu>?nberg on his press at Mainz, in 1455.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19470129.2.112
Bibliographic details
Evening Star, Issue 26012, 29 January 1947, Page 10
Word Count
104GUTENBERG BIBLE Evening Star, Issue 26012, 29 January 1947, Page 10
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in