Biblia Sacra [facsimile of the Gutenberg Bible].

The first American facsimile of the Gutenberg Bible. Printed in a limited edition of 1000 sets, of which 996 are for sale. This is number 193. This facsimile was derived from the German Insel Verlag edition [1913-1914] - the only facsimile to precede this American edition - which was taken from the copies in the Koniglichen Bibliothek in Berlin and the copy in the Standischen Landesbibliothek in Fulda, considered by authorities to be the most beautifully illuminated of the 47 copies known to exist. The facsimile is suitably lavish, the text printed with lithography and the illuminations by sheet-fed gravure, all printed on rag paper and bound by hand. Harold L. Doolittle (1883-1974) was born in Pasadena, California. He was an etcher and civil engineer who studied at Cornell University (1903-1906) and Throop Polytechnic Institute (later California Institute of Technology). He served as President of the Pasadena Society of Artists in 1943, and Vice President of the Los Angeles Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1934. He worked for many years as chief design engineer for the Southern California Edison Company. Doolittle worked in all the graphic processes including photography and collotype, but he is most noted for his aquatints.