Gutenberg Bible is on CD for $80 One of world's rarest books becomes wholly accessible

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: November 14, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Elizabeth Olson
International Herald Tribune
11-14-2003
Rare books like the Gutenberg Bible are usually squirreled away in private libraries or locked in sealed cases in public institutions, where only a few people are able to peruse them. As part of an effort to make its holdings more accessible, the Library of Congress has allowed its copy of the Gutenberg Bible a 15th-century treasure worth at least $30 million and one of three ''perfect'' copies in existence to be photographed digitally and made available on a set of CD's. Now anyone can examine each of the Bible's nearly 1,300 pages ...

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