Wie ein amerikanischer Antiquar eine unvollständige Gutenberg-Bibel zerteilte …
… Gabriel Wells (1861-1946) was an antiquarian bookseller in New York who, in 1921, purchased a Gutenberg Bible (the “Mannheim” copy) from Frank M. Sabin. Although the Bible contained both the Old and New Testaments (not all surviving copies did), it was missing 50 out of an original 643 leaves and a good portion of its illuminations had been cut out. Wells decided to take the Bible apart entirely, selling or donating sections and individual leaves to the general public. This allowed institutions to acquire leaves for teaching purposes or to complete their own copies of the Bible, and gave individual buyers a chance to own a piece of bibliographic history. …
Siehe https://grolierclub.wordpress.com/2019/10/04/a-noble-fragment/