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The Invention of Printing

The Invention of Printing

by Theodore Low De Vinne

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Author
De Vinne, Theodore Low, 1828-1914
Title
The Invention of Printing. A Collection of Facts and Opinions, Descriptive of Early Prints and Playing Cards, the Block-Books of the Fifteenth Century, the Legend of Lourens Janszoon Coster, of Haarlem, and the Work of John Gutenberg and His Associates
Credits
E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, RichardW, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)
Language
English
LoC Class
Z: Bibliography, Library science
Subject
Incunabula -- Bibliography
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 51034
Release Date
January 25, 2016
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.CONTENTS.
  3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS. — PREFACE. — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — X — XI — THE BIBLIA PAUPERUM, OR BIBLE OF THE POOR. — THE APOCALYPSE OF ST. JOHN. — THE CANTICLES. — THE STORY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN. — AN EXERCISE ON THE LORD’S PRAYER. — THE BOOK OF KINGS. — THE GROTESQUE ALPHABET. — THE APOSTLES’ CREED. — THE EIGHT ROGUERIES. — XII — HOW TO REMEMBER THE EVANGELISTS. — HOW TO DIE BECOMINGLY. 123 — THE CHIROMANCY OF DOCTOR HARTLIEB. — GERMAN PLANETARIUM AND CALENDAR. — THE WONDERS OF ROME. — POMERIUM SPIRITUALE, OR SPIRITUAL NURSERY. — THE TEMPTATIONS OF THE DEVIL. — THE LIFE OF ST. MEINRAT. — THE DANCE OF DEATH. — XIII — XIV — XV — XVI — XVII — XVIII — XIX — XX — XXI — XXII — XXIII — XXIV — XXV — IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN EUROPE. — IN THE NETHERLANDS. — IN ITALY. — IN FRANCE. — IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. — IN GREAT BRITAIN. — XXVI — AUTHORITIES CONSULTED. — INDEX — ADDITIONAL NOTES AND CORRECTIONS. — ENDNOTES, quondam FOOT-NOTES. — TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE

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