Monday, October 21, 2013

Incunabula: The Early Printed Books

De Civitate Dei by Saint Augustine (1477)AbeBooks: Incunabula: The Early Printed Books: Johannes Gutenberg first thought of the principles behind movable type in 1439. But it was not until 1452 that he finally brought his magnificent idea to fruition and published a complete book, the Gutenberg Bible, in the typographic style.

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