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FOUR of the world's most<br />

beautiful and decorative<br />

Now you can own and enjoy in your own home four<br />

masterpiece reproductions of Renaissance magnificence<br />

that wealthy bibliophiles and collectors have<br />

treasured. Imagine these beautiful prints framed<br />

and hung in your living room or den! Each print<br />

is 12 x 18 inches (almost double the size of this<br />

magazine page) including white borders. Here<br />

are reproductions of four gorgeously hand.illuminated<br />

pages from the' first Bible ever Frinted from<br />

movable metal type. Since !.456, onlv 47 of the<br />

original 185 copies of The Gutenberg Bible are<br />

known to have survived the ri~ors of the centuries.<br />

Only '3 For Dire-Or<br />

"All 4 For Only '10<br />

ACTUAL SIU<br />

OF PRINTS<br />

12 by 18 inches<br />

Reproduced in minillture here are:<br />

RiaHT-PRlNT No. 2--From the<br />

Prol08ue to the Book of Psalms.<br />

the first three Psalms complete<br />

(Volume I, folio 293 recto) .<br />

•,<br />

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• fLOW, LEFT-fIA'NT No. 3-From<br />

the Prologue to tile Book of Isaiah.<br />

the opening verses of Chapter One<br />

(Volume II. folio 46 recto).<br />

BELOW, RIGHT-PRINT No. 4-<br />

From the Prologue and tile oPening<br />

verses of Chapter One of The<br />

Revelation of St. John, also called<br />

The Apocalypse (Volume II,<br />

folio 310 recto).<br />

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