www.loc.gov

Family Bible

www.loc.gov

What the 1st Printed (Gutenberg) Bible looked like over 500 years ago.

 

see: https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbgut.vol1/?st=gallery

 (You can zoom in on the images)

 

You also might be interested to see this article about a distant cousin of mine

and his work in replicating Gutenberg Bibles)

https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/blog/lost-gutenbergs-interview-tim-yancey

 

this 2nd site gives you an idea of how large these Bibles were.

 

@Germany Genealogy Research​ 

 

Robert Seal_1

Thank you, especially for the second link about your cousin Tim Yancey. Fascinating article.

Robert Seal_1

I went online to an antiquarian book site today and found 4 copies of the facsimile 2-volume Gutenberg Bible published by Pageant Books in 1961. The price range was $4,500 to nearly $13,000. This facsimile Bible is absolutely stunning.