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Gutenberg, and the Art of Printing

by Emily C. Pearson

A life of the man who made printing with movable type practical in Europe, written for general readers in 1871. Little is known for certain of Gutenberg, and Pearson fills the gaps with feeling. The library owes him rather a lot.

The librarian

Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain text

Reading time

About 4 hours

Where to find it

On the Archive shelves

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #51358. In the public domain in the United States.