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Haec folia impressa sunt ad memoriam Bibliorum Gutenbergianorum celebrandam quae dicuntur XLII linearum illa editio scripturae sacrae ante D annos procreata iure ac merito monumentum habetur artis typographicae quo melius fieri ne nunc quidem potest A.D. MCMLV: PB 120-2004

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Haec folia impressa sunt ad memoriam Bibliorum Gutenbergianorum celebrandam quae dicuntur XLII linearum illa editio scripturae sacrae ante D annos procreata iure ac merito monumentum habetur artis typographicae quo melius fieri ne nunc quidem potest A.D. MCMLV

Maker(s)

Distributor: Royal Library

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Description

Title information from inside covers of portfolio.
Title on spine: Liber Librorum.
Publication information from the catalogue accompanying the portfolio.

"The international project called Liber Librorum is a common manifestation on the part of leading book designers all over the world to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Gutenberg 42-line Bible. Each participant has designed and printed 1500 copies of his individual solution of the typographic problem of the Bible. The items have been assembled into sets at Stockholm ... The projects will be distributed by the Royal Library."--from the catalogue accompanying the portfolio.
The text set is the first chapters of Genesis.
1 portfolio : ill ; 34 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Stockholm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1955

Note

In portfolio with cloth sides and patterned paper front and back.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 120-2004
Primary reference Number: 118438
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 20 August 2012 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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