Printing and the renaissance : a paper read before the Fortnightly Club of Rochester, New York / by John Rothwell Slater (1921)
Slater, John Rothwell, 1872-, Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957, Fortnightly Club of Rochester, New York · New York : W. E. Rudge · leaf 37
a new world loomed upbeyond the seas, and studied Michael Wolgemuts pic-ture of Noah building the ark while Columbus was fit-ting out the Santa Maria for a second voyage. Such ismankind, blind and deaf to the greatest things. We knownot the great hour when it strikes. We are indeed mostenthralled… … And now finally, what of William Caxton ? The father ofEnglish printing had been for many years an EngHshmerchant residing in Bruges when his increasing atten-tion to hterature led him to acquire the new art of print-ing. He had already translated from the French theHistories of Troy, and was…
Printing · Renaissance
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