The oldest mechanically-printed book in Europe was first produced in Mainz, Germany, and published circa 1455. What was it?

I’ve had an epiphany. This one is about Korean printing technology. The basic question is: Why, if the Gutenberg press ...

A rare Gutenberg Bible, printed between 1452 and 1455 using Johannes Gutenberg’s revolutionary movable type, is on public display at the National Museum in Warsaw from Feb. 7 until Mar. 23.

Others have used two: Richard Nixon used two family Bibles, while Harry Truman used a facsimile of a Gutenberg Bible, as well as the Bible he used after Franklin Roosevelt's death four years earlier.

The Gutenberg Bible, as the three friends’ creation would come to be known, signalled a step-change in printing techniques. Whereas earlier Bibles were produced by printing presses that employed ...

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Below is a list of the books of the Bible. Clicking on a book of the Bible will show you a list of all the chapters of that book.