That's one original coming right up!

[camjuniper]

Found this gem in the suggestion box yesterday:

GET "BIBLE" GUTIENBERG

Quote marks, capitalization & spelling all as found.

Soooo, we're either supposed to get one of 22 surviving copies of the Gutenberg Bible or pay $$$$$ for a facsimile. Maybe someone will donate one?

[TheHats]

How batshit do you think they'd go when they learn that it's in Latin, not good ol' Amurikan like God intended it?

[PepperElf]

perhaps you can direct them to the gutenberg project in response?

[sms001]

Wow. Idle curiosity and some googlin'.
A repro clocks in at around $9K.
$4.9M for the last one auctioned in 1987.
The University of Texas' copy is estimated to be worth $20M!!!

(That's probably the one you should get for your patron, Cam. )

ETA:

Hey, this is kinda cool.

[Chromatix]

Illuminated manuscript, no less. Seriously hard to read, even if you do know Latin.

[camjuniper]

Wow. Idle curiosity and some googlin'.
A repro clocks in at around $9K.
$4.9M for the last one auctioned in 1987.
The University of Texas' copy is estimated to be worth $20M!!!

(That's probably the one you should get for your patron, Cam. )

ETA:

Hey, this is kinda cool.

Gee, I wonder if the UofT lets theirs out on interlibrary loan . . . ?

nifty link, though. Now I know where to direct them when they come in demanding their Gutenberg