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On August 24, 1456, the Bible was printed for the first time marking the start of the “Gutenberg Revolution” and the age of the printed book.

Jerusalem Post:

On August 24, 1456, the Bible was printed for the first time. The groundbreaking project was started four years earlier by Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz, Germany, marking the start of the “Gutenberg Revolution” and the age of the printed book.

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It is believed that a total of 180 copies of the “Guttenberg Bible” were produced, 135 on paper and 45 on vellum, which is a high quality parchment. Widely praised for its high aesthetic and artistic qualities, the book has an iconic status in the West. Only twenty-one complete copies survived the five centuries since their printing, and are considered the most expensive books on the planet based on auction prices.

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While no longer as popular as it was during the centuries leading up to the era of the Guttenberg press, the Bible is still the most popular book in the world with close to three billion copies printed in several hundred languages

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One Response to “On August 24, 1456, the Bible was printed for the first time marking the start of the “Gutenberg Revolution” and the age of the printed book.”

  1. Alex Says:
    August 27th, 2010 at 12:04 pm

    Thanks to printing we can no longer control the masses. The protestant reformation. The weakening of the church. All because everyone can afford to read for themselves. As the Spanish would say, “Raise raven and they’ll peck your eyes out”.

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