Where are the three remaining copies of the Gutenberg Bible now???

Question

If I am spelling it correctly.

Answer 1

Well, you should say complete editions rather than copies or partial editions. Some of the originals have been taken apart and each page has been sold separately as a collector's item. There are probably hundreds of copies in the world.

I think you are asking about editions printed by Gutenberg in the 1400's. So, here it the answer from Octavo.com:

The Library of Congress Gutenberg Bible is one of three perfect examples printed on vellum that are known today; the others are at the British Library and at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. In all, forty-eight more or less complete copies of the Bible survived into the twentieth century, although two of these – both very imperfect – were later wholly or partially disassembled and marketed as single leaves or individual books. A few Gutenberg Bibles have never strayed far from the libraries of their original monastic purchasers, but the majority are now housed in the large research libraries of Western Europe and America. Within recent years two copies that disappeared from Leipzig at the end of World War II have surfaced in Russia, and another – consisting of a single volume only – was acquired by a Japanese library in 1996.

;-D Good question. I wonder why you asked it.

Answer 2

Forgotten Books of Eden: Illustrations
Facsimile of Actual Page of Original Gutenberg Bible. Facing p. 70 · The First Sunrise. Facing p. 70 · Ahikar Answers Pharaoh's Riddle. Facing p. 144 ...
www.sacred-texts.com/bib/fbe/fbe002.htm

Results 1 - 10 of about 17 from www.sacred-texts.com for Gutenberg Bible

Answer 3

There are not "3 remaining copies of the Gutenberg Bible". That is a false statement.

There are 22 known copies of the Gutenberg Bible 1455 First Edition printing.

The U.S. Library of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington DC has one.

The Huntington in Southern California has one.

The University of Texas has one.

A few "Ivy League" Universities have one.

The are actually four (4) of them in the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, Germany.

Johann Gutenberg was the inventor of the printing press... in 1455.

The first thing ever printed was... a Bible, now called "The Gutenberg Bible".

It was a Latin language Bible, printed in Germany.

Here is a biographical overview of Gutenberg:
http://www.greatsite.com/timeline-english-bible-history/gutenberg.html

If you want the full context of the story of the printed Bible, it is here:
http://www.greatsite.com/timeline-english-bible-history/index.html

Answer 4

I believe at least one of them is right here in Pasadena (CA) at the Huntington Library