Profile: Project at the Library of Congress taking high-resolution digital pictures of the Gutenberg Bible

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Profile: Project at the Library of Congress taking high-resolution digital pictures of the Gutenberg Bible

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Martha Blegen, who takes high-resolution digital images of rare books, has never worked on a book under conditions quite like these.

Ms. MARTHA BLEGEN (Photographer): I have the book brought to me, and then the book gets taken away when I go to lunch. And then the book gets brought ...

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