When Did Gutenberg Print the Bible?

The Gutenberg Bible

was printed in Mainz in 1455 by Johann Gutenberg and his associates, Johann Fust and Peter Schoeffer. Only 48 copies are known to have survived, of which 12 are printed on vellum and 36 on paper. Twenty are complete, two of them at the British Library, one printed on paper (shelfmark C. 9.

What edition of the Bible was printed by Johann Gutenberg?

The Gutenberg Bible (also known as the 42-line Bible, the Mazarin Bible or the B42) was the earliest major book printed using mass-produced movable metal type in Europe. It marked the start of the "Gutenberg Revolution" and the age of printed books in the West.

Why was the Bible the first book Gutenberg printed?

Gutenberg chose the Bible as the first product of his marvelous invention of movable type in 1455. ... For two centuries it was punishable by death to print the Bible in any language other than Latin, although the Old Testament existed in Hebrew and Greek.