Word: schoeffer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Nurnberg Chronicle." Gutenberg's Bible though not dated, is fairly well established as being printed in about 1450. "Catholica" is an encyclopedic dictionary printed in 1460, probably by Gutenberg. The "Book of Ruth" which is on display was published at Mainz in 1462 by Peter Fust and John Schoeffer, the former being the man who financed Gutenberg's edition of the Bible. The "Nurnberg Chronicle" is an illustrated universal history printed...
...date of publication, printer's name and so forth, gives a history of the origin of printing. It is this colophon which points to Gutenberg as the printer. The book came from a press believed to have been started by Gutenberg in opposition to the printers Fust and Schoeffer, who got Gutenbergs' original press...
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