Presto

fcwlm*.
palxtdi-
eatua tar rjui non
atojt m oDlto tmjnoii;
ct muta traratom non
Ottitn in GI t^c t) tap tfli
jctttic non fcbtt,j9fai
m fcgt tomtnf uofitaa
THE BEGINNING OF PSALM I HOLY BIBLE, IN LATIN
printed. It was read in Europe half a century before America
was discovered. Please suggest to your deputy that he uncover
his head while in the presence of this great book. Let no Cus-
toms House Official, or other man in or out of authority see it
without first reverently raising his hat. It is not possible for
many men ever to touch or even look upon a page of a Gutenberg
Bible." .
Vollbehr who said he gave the Benedictine Monks of St. Paul
Monastery in Carinthia, Austria, $375,000 for the Bible. This
is the highest price ever paid for a printed book. I obtained
this information from Frederick W. Ashley, Chief Assistant Li-
brarian of the Library of Congress.
J. Bradford Pengelly.
Should you ever visit the Congressional Library in Washington
D. C , do not fail to go up to the second floor and look at the
Gutenberg Bible in the special case modeled after one in the famous
Laurentian Library in Florence, designed by the great Michel-
angelo a fitting place for one of the most perfect, if not the most
perfect copy of all extant Gutenberg Bibles. There, in the ancient
Vulgate Latin, stands the first great message on the first page of
the Bible, printed by Gutenberg: "And God said 'Let there be
light, and there was light.' " One of the most profoundly im-
portant events in the history of mankind was the first printing
of this first page five hundred years ago: Its truth remains for-
ever.
jjc
EDITOR'S
Of
>|c
yfc
^t
NOTE
The Gutenberg Bible in the Library of Congress, Washington,
D. C, is one of the 3500 books composing the "Incunabula" which
means "in the cradle"; in this case in the cradle or beginning of
printing. These books were purchased from Dr. Otto H. F.
OCTOBER, 1940
Gutenberg Examining a Proof - From the Bnse-Itelief on the
Pedestal of the Gutenberg Statue in the City of Mainz.
PAGE FIFTEEN
Enhanced content © 2008-2009 and presented by MBSI - The Musical Box Society International (www.mbsi.org) and the International Arcade Museum (www.arcade-museum.com).
All Rights Reserved. Digitized from the archives of the MBSI with support from NAMM - The International Music Products Association (www.namm.org).
Additional enhancement, optimization, and distribution by the International Arcade Museum. An extensive collection of Presto can be found online at http://www.arcade-museum.com/library/