Johannes Gutenberg: A Biography in Books by White, Eric Marshall

Johannes Gutenberg: A Biography in Books

A critical biography of the mysterious but prolific medieval printer. Johannes Gutenberg is famous as the inventor...
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Author: Eric Marshall White
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Language: English
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Johannes Gutenberg: A Biography in Books by White, Eric Marshall

Johannes Gutenberg: A Biography in Books

$64.71

Johannes Gutenberg: A Biography in Books

$64.71
Author: Eric Marshall White
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
A critical biography of the mysterious but prolific medieval printer.

Johannes Gutenberg is famous as the inventor of Europe's first typographic printing method, and his life and legacy have long fascinated a wide audience. Due to scant and vague fifteenth-century documentation, however, Gutenberg's career has long been obscured by derivative storytelling, competing agendas, and scholarly guesswork. This new biography removes these barriers to retell his story directly, through his pioneering work on schoolbooks, pamphlets, indulgences, broadsides, and, notably, the first printed Bible. The book also describes Gutenberg's posthumous fortunes and his eventual recognition as Man of the Millennium. This much-needed corrective to old legend and conjecture brings Gutenberg to life through the books that remain his lasting monument.

Author: Eric Marshall White
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 05/27/2025
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781836390398

About the Author
Eric Marshall White is the Scheide librarian and assistant university librarian for special collections, rare books, and manuscripts at Princeton University. His publications include Editio princeps: A History of the Gutenberg Bible, which won the DeLong Prize for outstanding book in the field of book history.

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