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 377
g was used as a publichouse. It fell into ruins on the 13th of May, 1818, but it hassince been rebuilt, and a tablet inserted in memory of Coster.It is probable that this house was an inn when Junius wroteBatavia, and that he refrained from mentioning this circum-stance lest it might degrade… … as a THE DOWNFALL OF THE LEGEND. 371 Junius points so triumphantly, were a proper portion of thefurnishings of an inn. To the modern reader, who has beeninformed that a part of this house has always been a drinkingtavern for the refreshment of the men of Haarlem, these pew-ter mugs, or flagons, as…
Printing -- History Origin and antecedents
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