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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Gutenberg Bible
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutenberg_Bible

Written in Latin, the Gutenberg Bible is an edition of the Vulgate, printed by Johannes Gutenberg, in Mainz, Germany, in the 1450s. Forty-eight copies, or substantial portions of copies, survive, and they are considered to be one of the most valuable books in the world, even though a complete copy has not been sold since 1978.

5 posted on 12/03/2013 9:34:44 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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That is amazing. Just think: Da Vinci was a baby and Shakespeare wouldn’t be born for another 100 years when that thing was printed and here is looks brand new. That is mind blowing. If you put that in a book store nobody would notice that it looked any different from any other book .


7 posted on 12/03/2013 9:47:19 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (What do we want? Time travel. When do we want it? It's irrelevant.)
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