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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 414

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ge shows thatalthough the matrices were fitted with closeness, each typewas founded on a square body. The circumstances connected with the publication of theLetters require more than a passing notice, for they presentthe first specific indication of a demand for printing. Thesecircumstances give us… … Fac-simile of Holbeins Satire on the Sale of Indulgences. [From Woltmaiin.] The canon at the right absolves the kneeling young man, but points significantly to the huge money-chest intowhich the widow puts her mite. Three Dominicans, seated at the table, are preparing andselling indulgences:one of…

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