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Dates: during 1927-1927
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...copy of the Book of Ruth from the first dated edition of the Bible, printed at Mainz in 1462, is in the Treasure Room, and is from the third edition of the Bible ever printed. With this book is a volume of the Catholicon, printed at Mainz in 1640, and generally thought to be the work of Gutenberg. This book, a very fine copy of the fourth book ever printed with a date, is part of the fifteen the century collection of J. M. Hunnewell '01. The colophon, or final paragraph of the book, usually containing the place and date...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Early Milton Edition in Widener Displays Vengeance Wreaked by Bard on Poor Engraver--Rare Bibles Shown | 10/15/1927 | See Source »

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