Bible that sets out its time, place, date – and printer

Among the very earliest printed works sold at auction at the end of last year was a beautifully illuminated Biblia Latina printed in August 1462, just seven years after the great Gutenberg Bible.

Sold to a Swiss collector for a record €840,000 (£717,950), it was part of a Ketterer Kunst (25% b…

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