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Gutenberg Bible

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noun

  1. an edition of the Vulgate printed at Mainz before 1456, ascribed to Gutenberg and others: probably the first large book printed with movable type.


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The Gutenberg Bible, with all its cascading social effects, would come later.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

The Gutenberg Bible, the first book printed in Europe, has 42 lines of text per column and is also called the “Forty-Two-Line Bible.”

From Scientific American • Sep. 21, 2020

"I don't know how many copies of the Gutenberg Bible are known, but I'd bet you this is scarcer."

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2018

That response, those in the field say, has stymied thieves and is helping make such thefts as rare as a Gutenberg Bible.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2016

In November 2000, the British Library released a digitized version of the original Gutenberg Bible on its website.

From The eBook is 40 (1971-2011) by Lebert, Marie

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