The Gutenberg Bible

The Gutenberg bible was one of the first books Gutenberg produced with his printer. The book was highly praised and valued as it's usage of fonts and illustrations around letters are regarded to be the finest and most refined of their time. This meticulously crafted book was only printed around 180 times in paper and vellum(parchment) editions. Since this book was so artistically praised and had such a low amount of production, the price was extremely high at a paper edition going for 20 gulden and 50 gulden (the average wages a blacksmith made in the 15th century was 30 gulden). Usually only royalty or high members of the clergy were able to afford to purchase this book. Out of the 180 original prints, only 49 exist today.