Ruppel, Aloys — Johannes Gutenberg: Sein Leben Und Sein Werk

Berlin, Verlag Gebr. Mann, 1947. Zweite Auflage. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. German-language biography of the first printer, Johannes Gutenberg, in a stated Second Edition. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, cracked and lightly toned paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bound in a brick-red cloth over boards hardcover format, sunned a bit to spine, covers, but with still sharp black lettering to spine. Previous owner's bookplate inside front flap. Complete with three facsimiles housed in a pocket inside rear flap, showing a page of the Mainz Psalter of 1457 and one page each of the 42-line and 36-line Bible of 1455 or 1455.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good