November 4, 1961 P. 44

November 4, 1961 P. 44

The New Yorker, November 4, 1961 P. 44

Talk story about the Morgan Library's current exhibtion of early "Unusual Books". Dr. Curt F. Buher, the Morgan's Keeper of Printed Books, selected and arranged the show & supplied the captions for its objects. The items were dated between 1450 & 1555. A number of mishaps are shown, such as typographical errors, duplicate pages, blank pages on which there should have been text, slips pasted on to rectify omissions, etc. There is a pioneering Gutenberg Bible and a Constance Missal and such curiosities as manuscripts copied from printed books, several advertisements for books offered for sale before 1475. Also exhibited was a 1455 letter of papal indulgence, the earliest dated piece of printing in America; an Italian broadside giving Je-

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