WOA 50th ANNIVERSARY -- An Industry Time Line

1455—A two-volume Latin Bible is produced. The bible is referred to as the Gutenberg Bible. There are 48 known copies of the bible today. Eleven of the surviving bibles were printed on vellum. Before Gutenberg, there were approximately 30,000 books on the entire continent of Europe. Most were handmade bibles or religious commentaries. By 1500, there were more than nine million books on various subjects.