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Johannes Gutenberg
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- Book Synopsis
- Johannes Gutenberg is famous as the inventor of Europe's first typographic printing method, and his life and legacy have long fascinated a wide audience. Due to scant and vague fifteenth-century documentation, however, Gutenberg's career has long been obscured by derivative storytelling, competing agendas and scholarly guesswork. This new biography removes these barriers to retell his story directly, through his pioneering work: schoolbooks, pamphlets, indulgences, broadsides and, notably, the first printed Bible. The book also describes Gutenberg's posthumous fortunes, and his eventual recognition as 'Man of the Millennium'. This much-needed corrective to the old legends and conjectures brings Gutenberg to life through the books that remain his lasting monument.
- About The Author
- Eric Marshall White is the Scheide Librarian and Assistant University Librarian for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts at Princeton University. His publications include Editio princeps: A History of the Gutenberg Bible (2017), which won the DeLong Prize for outstanding book in the field of book history.
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- ISBN
- 9781836390398
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books, (01 April 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 224
- Weight
- 454 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 216 x 138 mm
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