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 424
and whatallurements he set forth, are not known; but the wary money-lender would not have hazarded a guilder on Gutenbergsinvention, if he had not been convinced of its value and ofGutenbergs ability. John Fust knew that there was somerisk in the enterprise, for it is probable that he had heard of… … John Fust. [From Maittaire.] 418 JOHN GUTENBERG AT MENTZ. the losses of Dritzehen, Riffe and Heilmann. In making analliance with the inventor, Fust neglected none of the pre-cautions of a money-lender. He really added to them, insist-ing on terms through which he expected to receive all…
Printing -- History Origin and antecedents
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