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(2) Volume 1 - 027 - Gutenberg watermark
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| Gutenberg Bible > Additional images > (2) Volume 1 - 027 - Gutenberg watermark |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/75118187 |
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| Description | This image is designed to show the watermark on the page: this is the trotting ox watermark, one of three used by Gutenberg. |
| Description | Special shots taken to record watermarks, red printing and other special features. Some are taken at higher resolution than other images, some use special lighting techniques, some are close-ups, some pictures of the whole book. |
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| Description | The first book in Europe printed with moveable type. Printed in Mainz, Germany, around 1455 by Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of printing, and Johannes Fust. One of around only 20 complete copies to survive out of the original 180. Two volumes. Also known as ‘The 42-line Bible’ or ‘The Mazarine Bible’. |
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| Shelfmark | Inc.1 |
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