Rare books in the collections at Mita
Gutenberg 42-line Bible
The Gutenberg Bible is the first bible to have been printed using movable type printing technology by Johann Gutenberg in Mainz, Germany, around 1455. Keio University possesses the only copy in Asia.
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The Keio University Library possesses a copy of the first volume of the bible, several leaves and fragments, and five types of facsimiles.
Digital Collections of Keio University Libraries
Images of all of the pages of the Gutenberg 42-line Bible have been published as a digital collection.
Other rare books
An introduction of rare books listed in the Rare Book Pamphlet as well as items not included in the pamphlet.
Rare Book Pamphlet (PDF)
This pamphlet provides easy-to-understand explanations of the main collections of rare books with photographs.
Other rare books
An introduction of representative rare books not taken up in the Rare Book Pamphlet.
- Latin Psalter for Sarum use, c. 1440
- Issac Newton, Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, 1687 first edition
- Hebrew torah and a large silver and gold semi and original precious stone sat torah case, late 18th century
- Illustrations of beasts and birds brought by trade ships from China and the Netherlands [mid- to late Edo period]
- Edo kirie-zu area map--illustration of the Shiba, Mita, Nihonenoki, and Takanawa areas, 1855
- Portrait of Hiraga Gennai (Kimura Mokuro, Gesakusha kouhoi, Meiji period)