A rare look at printing's early masterpieces in Chapel Hill
Published: Mon, May. 08, 2006 12:30AM
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closeA leaf from the Gutenberg Bible, the first work in color by an English printer and other rare items from the earliest years of movable type are on display at UNC-Chapel Hill.
"Incunabula: The World of the Fifteenth Century," a free public exhibit, will run through Aug. 31 in Wilson Library. "Incunabula" refers to books printed from just after Johann Gutenberg invented movable type, about 1454, through the end of that century, said Roberta Engleman, assistant curator of Wilson's Rare Book Collection.
The exhibit features 46 items, including Francesco Colonna's "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili," which Engleman described as "one of the most celebrated books in the world."
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The exhibit in the Melba Remig Salterelli Exhibit Room on the third floor is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays.
For more information, call 962-1143.
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