Details

Title

Gutenberg Bible Leaf (Book of Malachi)

Dated

1454-1455

Artist

Johannes Gutenberg; Printer: Johann Fust

Nationality

German

Artist Life

c. 1398 - 1468

Role

Printer

Gallery

Not on View

Department

European Art

Dimension

15 5/16 x 11 3/16 in. (38.89 x 28.42 cm) (sheet)

Credit

Gift of Mr. Herschel V. Jones

Accession Number

P.21.52.12

Medium

Letterpress in black, with hand-rubricated initials in red and blue on ivory laid paper

Country

Germany

Century

15th century

Provenance

Elizabeth Augusta von Sulzbach (1721–1794); then at the Court Library of her husband Karl Theodor (1724–1799), Prince-Elector of the Palatinate, at Mannheim, Germany, until c. 1800; incomplete Bible given to Royal Library (Hofbibliothek) at Munich, until sold as a "duplicate" to Curzon, August 23, 1832; Robert Curzon (1810–1873), 14th Baron Zouche; by descent in family estate at Parham in Sussex until sold by Sothey’s (London) on November 9, 1920, lot 70, to Wells; (Gabriel Wells, the dealer who broke the incomplete Bible up and sold it with the “Noble Fragment” essay by Alfred Edward Newton, likely sold to Jones, c. 1921, for $150). Herschel V. Jones, Minneapolis (1861-1928); given to MIA, 1921.

Rights

Public Domain

Classification

Books; Works on Paper

Object Name

Book leaf in letterpress

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