Introduction
Periodicals
Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae – Historia litterarum
2012/57/1-2
The lost copy of Catholicon from the year 1460
The lost copy of Catholicon from the year 1460
Kamil Boldan
| Pages | 101-105 |
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| Keywords | Johann Gutenberg (1397/1400–1468) – Library of the Franciscan convent in Cheb – Catholicon (Mainz 1460) – auction at Sotheby's 1932 |
| Citation | BOLDAN, Kamil. The lost copy of Catholicon from the year 1460. Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae – Historia litterarum. Prague: National Museum, 2012, 57(1-2), 101-105. ISSN 0036-5351. Also available from: https://publikace.nm.cz/en/periodicals/amnphl/57-1-2/the-lost-copy-of-catholicon-from-the-year-1460 |
The Catholicon is one of the most mysterious publications of all times. Recently it attracted a lot of attention. It is believed that its was printed by Johann Gutenberg. Within our Country, there are only three fractions of Gutenberg ́s prints, but as late as the years after WWI, there was a copy of the Catholicon published in Mainz in 1460 at the Franciscan monastery in Cheb. It was later sold to a foreign country. It may be identical with the now missing copy sold in 1932 at Sotheby's in London.
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