The Gutenberg Bible (also known as the 42-line Bible, the Mazarin Bible or the B42) was the first major book printed using mass-produced movable metal type in Europe. It marked the start of the "Gutenberg Revolution" and the age of the printed book in the West. Preparation of the Bible probably began soon after 1450, and the first finished copies were available in 1454 or 1455.
It is not known exactly how long the Bible took to print. The first precisely datable printing is the Gutenberg's 31-line Indulgence which is known to already exist on 22 October 1454 the first time the writings were globally available.
The bible was not always a bound book, only the first 5 books of Moses, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy were bound, subsequent to that the letters of the Major Prophets were bound and so on. The original manuscripts were written in Aramaic, Koine Greek and Hebrew, not Latin, that happened with Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, aka Saint Jerome who, in 382 AD, had been commissioned by Pope Damasus I to revise the Vetus Latina ("Old Latin") Gospels in Latin then in use by the Church. The Catholic Church affirmed the Vulgate as its official Latin Bible at the Council of Trent (1545–63 AD)
There were many who read the Gytenberg Bible outside of the Catholic church, or any Latin translation. Later in 1611 with the advent of the King James Bible more and more people had access…