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The Giant Bible of Mainz

Giant Bible of Mainz (page 1)

Giant Bible of Mainz
Biblia latina (Bible in Latin), probably Mainz, 1452–1453. Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress

The Gutenberg Bible

The Gutenberg Bible (page 1)

Gutenberg Bible
Biblia latina (Bible in Latin). Mainz: Johann Gutenberg, 1455. Otto Vollbehr Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress

Other Bibles

Manuscript Bible from England

Manuscript Bible from England
Biblia latina (Bible in Latin). England, thirteenth century. Manuscript on vellum. Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
Call number: Rosenwald #2

Manuscript Bible from France

Manuscript Bible from France
Biblia latina (Bible in Latin). France, thirteenth century. Manuscript on vellum.  Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
Call number: Rosenwald #3

Book of Hours from Flanders

Book of Hours from Flanders
Horae Beatae Mariae (Book of Hours). Germany, last quarter of the fifteenth century. Manuscript on vellum. Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress

Call number: Rosenwald #9

Book of Hours from France (page 2)

Book of Hours from France
Horae Beatae Mariae Virginia ad usum Romanum (Book of  Hours). France, 1524. Manuscript on vellum. Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
Call number: Rosenwald #14

The Nekcsei-Lipócz Bible from Hungary

The Nekcsei-Lipcóz Bible from Hungary
Biblia latina (Bible in Latin). Hungary, ca. 1335–1340. Manuscript on vellum. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress

Call number: MEDMS6

Bible from Bohemia

Bible from Bohemia
Biblia latina (Bible in Latin). Bohemia, fifteenth century. Parchment. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
Call number: MEDMS7

Psalter from Germany

Psalter from Germany
Psalter. Southern Germany, first half of the thirteenth century. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress

Call number: MEDMS9

The Jenson Bible

The Jenson Bible
Biblia Sacre (Holy Bible). Venice: Nicolas Jenson, 1479. Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress

Call number: Rosenwald #220

The Complutensian Polyglot Bible (page 1)

The Complutensian Polyglot Bible
Biblia polygotta (Polyglot Bible). Alcalá de Henares, Spain: Arnaldi Guillelmi de Brocario, 1514–1517. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress

Call number: BS51 1514

The Great Bible or Cranmer’s Bible

The Great Bible or Cranmer’s Bible
The Bible in Englyshe. London: Richard Grafton and Edward Whitechurch, 1540. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress

Call number: BS160 1540

The Geneva Bible

The Geneva Bible
The Bible and Holy Scriptures Conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament.  Geneva, 1560. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress

Call number: BS170 1560

The King James Bible

The King James Bible
The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New. London: Robert Barker, 1611. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress

Call number: BS185 1611

The Eliot Indian Bible: First Bible Printed in America

The Eliot Indian Bible: First Bible Printed in America
The Holy Bible: Containing the Old Testament and the New. Translated into the Indian Language. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Samuel Green and Marmaduke Johnson, 1663. Bible Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress

Call number: BS345 A2E4 1663

The First English Language Bible Published in North America

The First English Language Bible Published in North America
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Newly translated out of the Original Tongues.... Philadelphia: Robert Aitken, 1782. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress

Call number: BS185 1782 .P5

A Hieroglyphic Bible for Children (page 1)

A Hieroglyphic Bible for Children
A Curious Hieroglyphick Bible, or, Select Passages in the Old and New Testaments, Represented with Emblematical Figures, for the Amusement of Youth. Worcester, Massachusetts: Isiah Thomas, 1788. American Imprint Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress

Call number: BS560 1788

Twentieth-Century Bible with Illustrations by Eric Gill

Twentieth-Century Bible with Illustrations by Eric Gill
The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ According to the Authorized Version of King James I. Decorations by Eric Gill. Waltham Saint Lawrence, England: Golden Cockerel Press, 1931. Press Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division Library of Congress

Call number: BS 2553 .G5

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