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