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Week 4: Incunabula

Printers of the Incunabula Period

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Johann GutenbergIn 1455 printed the 42-line bible.
Johann Fust & Peter SchoefferIn 1457 printed the Mainz Psalter, it was the first book to be dated.
Albrecht PfisterIn 1463 printed the Edelstein, which contained line drawings that could be colored.
Conrad Sweynheym & Arnold PannartzPrinted 28 separate titles with 200 to 250 copies of each title, they went bankrupt.
Johannes Da Spira & Wendelin Da SpiraIn 1470 printed the De Civitate Dei, which was the first book to have page numbers.
Nicolas JensonMade different kinds of type styles, including Roman type and Italics.
Erhard RatdoltIn 1476 printed Euclid's Elementa Geometriae, which had decorative title pages and mathematical drawings.
Gunther ZainerIn 1472 printed Etymologiarum of Isidore of Seville, which had a printed map of the world.
William CaxtonWas popular because he printed in English.
Anton KobergerIn 1493 printed the Nuremberg Chronicles, which constantly reused woodblock images.
Aldus ManutisThis printer experimented with typeface. Had proofreaders and spell checked.
Johann FrobenWas Martin Luther's publisher.


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