The Gutenberg Bible, an edition of the Vulgate, contains the Latin version of the Hebrew Old Testament and the Greek New Testament. Gutenberg Bible in the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University. The 36-line Bible, said to be the second printed Bible, is also referred to sometimes as a Gutenberg Bible, but may be the work of another printer. In March 1455, the future Pope Pius II wrote that he had seen pages from the Gutenberg Bible displayed in Frankfurt to promote the edition, and that either 158 or 180 copies had been printed (he cited sources for both numbers). They are thought to be among the world's most valuable books, although no complete copy has been sold since 1978. Forty-nine copies (or substantial portions of copies) have survived. It is an edition of the Latin Vulgate printed in the 1450s by Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz, in present-day Germany. The book is valued and revered for its high aesthetic and artistic qualities as well as its historical significance. It marked the start of the " Gutenberg Revolution" and the age of printed books in the West.
The Gutenberg Bible (also known as the 42-line Bible, the Mazarin Bible or the B42) was the earliest major book printed using mass-produced movable metal type in Europe. Bought by James Lenox in 1847, it was the first copy to be acquired by a United States citizen. Gutenberg Bible of the New York Public Library.
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