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

A history of the modern printing industry, including how paper and ink are made, looking particularly at the printing press invented by Gutenberg around 1450 but also at its precursors.

"A short biography of the life of Johannes Gutenberg." --

Profiles the man who was reponsible for inventing the printing press that printed the Gutenberg Bible, page by page.

Explains the mechanics of the first printing press, invented in Germany by Gutenberg in the fifteenth century, and describes the press's revolutionary impact on the world.