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1. Mainz, towards the Rhine, Germany

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?pp/ils:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+@band(ppmsca+00838))+@field(COLLID+pgz)) 2. Detail from Gutenberg Bible

http://www.loc.gov/rr/european/guide/human.html 3. Printing shops in Washington

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?pp/horyd:@field(NUMBER+@band(thc+5a45030)) 4. Constantino Brumidi. Bible

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5. Evolution of the book, east corridor

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?pp/ils:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+@band(cph+3c04445))+@field(COLLID+cph)) 6. Early Korean Woodblock Printing

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TITLE: [Mainz, towards the Rhine, the Rhine, Germany]

CALL NUMBER: LOT 13411, no. 0838 [item] [P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-ppmsca-00838 (digital file from original) No known restrictions on publication.

MEDIUM: 1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color.

CREATED/PUBLISHED: [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900].

NOTES: Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J--foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "1354". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

FORMAT:Photochrom prints Color 1890-1900.

PART OF: Views of Germany

REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID: (original) ppmsca 00838 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.00838

CARD #: 2002714114

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Humanities and Social Sciences Materials in the various disciplines of the social sciences and humanities in all formats form in a very real sense the heart of the European collections of the Library of Congress. The Library's holdings include printed materials from the first printed book, the Gutenberg Bible of 1454-55, up to the most recent issues of newspapers describing the current events of the day--whether of local or world importance--recording the turmoil caused by the reunification of Germany, the emergence of democracy in the former communist countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, the war in Bosnia, and the latest developments in the economic, political, and social integration of the European Union.

A detail from the Gutenberg Bible (Mainz,1454-55), the first book prin ted with movable type. The Library of Congress copy, acquired in 1930 as part of the Vollbehr Collection of incunabula, is one of three perfect vellum copies of the Gutenberg Bible. ( Rare Book and Special Collections Division)

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TITLE: Printing shops in Washington for Stanford Paper Co. Man working at printing press IX

CALL NUMBER: LC-H814- 2285-017 <P&P>[P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-H814-T01-2285-017 (b&w film dup. neg.) Publication may be restricted. For information see "Horydczak Collection" (http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/res/100_hory.html)

MEDIUM: 1 negative : safety ; 8 x 10 in.

CREATED/PUBLISHED: ca. 1920-ca. 1950.

CREATOR:Horydczak, Theodor, ca. 1890-1971, photographer.

NOTES: Item title devised.

SUBJECTS:Printing presses. Printing industry. United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.).

FORMAT:Acetate negatives.

PART OF: Horydczak, Theodor, ca. 1890-1971. Theodor Horydczak Collection (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID: (intermediary roll film) thc 5a45030 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/thc.5a45030

CARD #: thc1995005442/PP

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CALL NUMBER: LC-H814- 2565-003 <P&P>[P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-H814-T-2565-003 (interpositive) Publication may be restricted. For information see "Horydczak Collection" (http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/res/100_hory.html)

MEDIUM: 1 negative : safety ; 8 x 10 in.

CREATED/PUBLISHED: ca. 1920-ca. 1950.

CREATOR: Horydczak, Theodor, ca. 1890-1971, photographer.

SUBJECTS:Bibles. Artists. United States--Washington Region.

FORMAT:Acetate negatives.

PART OF: Horydczak, Theodor, ca. 1890-1971. Theodor Horydczak Collection (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID: (intermediary roll film) thc 5a43160 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/thc.5a43160

CARD #: thc1995008447/PP

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TITLE: Evolution of the book, east corridor. The printing press / J.W. Alexander, artist.

CALL NUMBER: LOT 5183 <item> [P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-104445 (b&w film copy neg.)

SUMMARY: Photo of mural in the Library of Congress Jefferson Building depicting a man working press and Gutenberg and another man examining proof.

MEDIUM: 1 photographic print.

CREATED/PUBLISHED: c1896, c1897.

CREATOR:Alexander, John White, 1856-1915, artist.

NOTES: Copyright 1896 by John W. Alexander. Copyright 1897 by Curtis & Cameron.

SUBJECTS:Gutenberg, Johann, 1397?-1468. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building (Washington, D.C.) Printing--1450-1500. Murals--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900.

FORMAT:Photographic prints 1890-1900.

DIGITAL ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3c04445 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c04445

CARD #: 91483014

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"P'alman taejanggyong"

(Tripitaka Koreana). Korea, 1231.

Asian Division (155)

Early Korean Woodblock Printing

The carving of the woodblocks for the Korean Tripitaka (Buddhist canon) began in the early eleventh century and was completed in 1087. The original woodblocks were destroyed during the thirteenth century Mongol invasions. The Tripitaka Koreana that remains today is a later edition completed in 1251 and consists of 81,200 woodblocks. It is considered to be the finest, in terms of accuracy and calligraphic beauty, among the twenty some versions of the Tripitaka. This item is one of the 1251 edition woodblocks and was given to the Library in 1986.