The invention of printing : a collection of facts and opinions descriptive of early prints and playing cards, the block-books of the fifteenth century, the legend of Lourens Janszoon Coster, of Haarlem, and the work of John Gutenberg and his associates (1878)
De Vinne, Theodore Low, 1828-1914 · New York : F. Hart · leaf 265
of any other chronicler, itis now regarded by the historians of typography as imperfectevidence — incorrect, probably, in its assertion of the priorityof the breviary, but trustworthy so far as it shows that thislearned antiquarian had some really valuable evidences con-cerning a very early… … 258 THE DONATUS, OR BOYS LATIN GRAMMAR. for relief. In the catalogue accompanying their petition theydescribe this Donatus as the Donatus for Boys, from whichwe have taken the beginning of printing. Their language isnot clear, for it may be interpreted as the first book printedby Sweinheym and…
Printing -- History Origin and antecedents
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