The Ellesmere Manuscript is now held at the Huntington Library in San Marino ... The first complete book Gutenberg printed was the Bible, which he ran off his Mainz, Germany press around 1456.

Harvard has an outstanding Gutenberg Bible among its rare book collection. The Bible here is a part of the Harry Elkins Widener Collection in Widener Library. Unlike Widener's personal library ...

A daring burglar came within inches of successfully stealing Harvard's Gutenberg Bible from its resting place in Widener Library on August 19. He succeeded in foiling the library's alarm system ...

It’s not just a book. Back in the 1450s, when the Bible became the first major work printed in Europe with moveable metal type, Johannes Gutenberg was a man with a plan. The German inventor ...

Almost 600 years later, just 49 copies of the Gutenberg Bible are still in existence, and less than half of those are complete copies. One is under lock and key at the Library of Congress in ...

They included old letters written by his parents before World War II, a psychological assessment of my father’s mental health ...

A community hub in a York village is preparing itself for a landmark anniversary. Huntington Library celebrates 60 years of service on October 26 with a special open morning at its site in Garth Road.

. But the most important part of his invention was actually moveable type. Before Gutenberg, the closest Europe had to printing was the woodblock. The woodblock was a piece of wood with all the ...

“The Huntington is a museum that does not feel like a museum,” says Louie, who complements her visits with spicy dan dan noodles at the Jade Court Cafe and peeks at Thomas Gainsborough’s “The Blue Boy ...