Margaret Leslie Davis

The Lost Gutenberg

The Astounding Story of One Book's Five-Hundred-Year Odyssey. Sprache: Englisch.
kartoniert , 304 Seiten
ISBN 0399573364
EAN 9780399573361
Veröffentlicht Juni 2021
Verlag/Hersteller Penguin Publishing Group
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The never-before-told story of one extremely rare copy of the Gutenberg Bible, and its impact on the lives of the fanatical few who were lucky enough to own it.
For rare-book collectors, an original copy of the Gutenberg Bible-of which there are fewer than fifty in existence-represents the ultimate prize. Here, Margaret Leslie Davis recounts five centuries in the life of one copy, from its creation by Johannes Gutenberg, through the hands of monks, an earl, the Worcestershire sauce king, and a nuclear physicist, to its ultimate resting place, in a steel vault in Tokyo. Estelle Doheny, the first woman collector to add the book to her library and its last private owner, tipped the Bible onto a trajectory that forever changed our understanding of the first mechanically printed book.
The Lost Gutenberg draws readers into this riveting saga, immersing them in the lust for beauty, prestige, and knowledge that this rarest of books sparked in its owners. Exploring books as objects of obsession across centuries, this is a must-read for history buffs, book collectors, and anyone who has ever craved a remarkable book-and its untold stories.

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