Bible For £15,400
At the first big foreign book sale since the war held in London a vellum copy of a Bible was sold for £15,400. It was the first printed Bible, a Latin one printed in Mainz, Germany, in 1462. Formerly in the library of the late Baron Horace de Lardau, it was bought by Messrs Quaritch, the London booksellers. This particular Bible has had several different owners. Each time it was sold the price increased consid-
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 40, 12 January 1949, Page 5
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78Bible For £15,400 Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 40, 12 January 1949, Page 5
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