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[BIBLIA LATINA]. Fust and Schoffer 48-line Bible Leaf. [Mainz: Johann Fust & Peter Schoffer, 14 August 1462]. Royal folio (413 x 286 mm). Leaf 194 from gathering 20 (printed on recto and verso) of book one, text from 2 Esdras chapter 15 and 16. Double column, 48-lines printed in Gothic type 5:118. Titles and chapters in alternating red and blue letters, red and blue two-line initials, rubricated capital initials. Lines 35 to 41 in both columns of recto (only) are reset. (2 ½-inch closed tear to outer margin just slightly affecting text, two old paperclip ghosting marks to upper margin). Leaf set in cloth portfolio; slipcase with red morocco spine label gilt. Laid in with prospectus, order form, and TLS from publisher for “The 500th Anniversary Pictorial Census of the Gutenberg Bible”. LEAF FROM THE FOURTH EDITION OF THE VULGATE BIBLE or the 48-line Bible, preceded only by the 42-line Gutenberg Bible, the 36-line Pfister Bible (Bamberg) and the 49-line Mentelin Bible (Strassburg). THE FIRST TO INCLUDE DATE OF PUBLICATION AND BEAR THE NAME OF ITS PRINTER.