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Biography of a Book
November 13, 2018 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
BIOGRAPHY OF A BOOK:
WRITING OF THE HISTORY OF GUTENBERG’S BIBLE
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13
6:30PM – WINE RECEPTION
7:00PM – LECTURE
Free for members; $15 for guests
The Gutenberg Bible is widely recognized as Europe’s first printed book, a book that forever changed the world. Editio princeps: A History of the Gutenberg Bible is the first book to tell the whole story of Europe’s first printed edition, describing its creation at Mainz circa 1455, its impact on fifteenth-century life and religion, its fall into oblivion during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and its rediscovery and rise to worldwide fame during the centuries thereafter. Along the way it introduces the colorful cast of proud possessors, crafty booksellers, observant travelers and scholarly librarians who shaped our understanding of Europe’s first printed book.
The author, Eric Marshall White, PhD, became Curator of Rare Books at Princeton University Library in 2015, after eighteen years as Curator of Special Collections at Southern Methodist University’s Bridwell Library. A specialist in early European printing, he has published numerous articles and exhibition catalogs on rare books.