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Facts about The Gutenberg Bible
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A Gutenberg Bible sold at auction in 1987 for over $5 million, setting a world record for a printed book at the time.
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Johannes Gutenberg's revolutionary Bible was printed in two volumes, making it easier to handle than a single massive tome.
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Each page of the Gutenberg Bible was set in a Gothic typeface designed to closely imitate the handwritten manuscripts produced by medieval scribes.
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Fewer than 50 complete or partial copies of the Gutenberg Bible are known to survive today, held in libraries and institutions around the world.
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Printed around 1455, the Gutenberg Bible was the first major book produced using movable type in Europe, marking a revolution in book production.