origin and antecedents

Recounts the story of the German printer credited with the invention of printing with movable type.

Geronimo and his friends travel back in time to stop the Pirate Cats from stealing Johannes Gutenberg's original printing press.

". . . historian Fr?d?ric Barbier provides an important new economic, political and social analysis of the first great 'media revolution' in the West: Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in the mid fifteenth century. In great detail and with a wealth of historical evidence . . . charts the developments in manuscript culture in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and shows how the steadily increasing need for written documents initiated the processes of change which culminated with Gutenberg."--Provided by publisher.

The Gutenberg Bible resulted in a transformation in the distribution of knowledge and sparked incredible growth in literacy. Readers will find out how Gutenberg's printing press worked and what helped inspire it, and the Gutenberg Bible's layout and decoration are discussed. Includes images of the pages from the book itself.

An illustrated biography of Johannes Gutenberg, the man who invented the printing press in the town of Mainz, Germany, in the 1400s.

Examines the life and accomplishments of Johannes Gutenberg, the fifteenth-century German man who invented the printing press.

A biography of fifteenth-century goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg, who developed the first moveable-type printing press.

A career biography of fifteenth-century printer Johann Gutenberg, focusing on his development of the letterpress printing process.

Presents a concise history of books and printing, that describes different construction materials, illustrations, movable type, and other topics.