The Lost Gutenberg: The Astounding Story of One Book's Five-Hundred-Year Odyssey
Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9781786497635 (1786497638)
ASIN: 1786497638
Publish date: 2019-06-06
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
My latest podcast is up on the New Books Network website! In it, I interview Margaret Leslie Davis about her history of one of the most sought-after books in the world and the people who have owned it over the past two centuries. Enjoy!
Though Margaret Leslie Davis's book is centered around a copy of the famous Gutenberg Bible (designated Number 45), it's really about the people who have sought, owned, and studied it over the course of two centuries. After a short description of the book's origins in the 15th century, she picks up ...