The only work in English to survey Gutenberg scholarship from the fifteenth century to the mid-1980s. It includes a detailed discussion of the 42-line Bible of

“A lively tale of historical innovation, the thrill of the bibliophile’s hunt, greed and betrayal.” – The New York Times Book Review "An addictive and e

Around 1400, in the city of Mainz, a man was born whose heretical invention was to change history. Some sixty years later he died — robbed of his business, hi

The Gutenberg Bible is widely recognized as Europe's first printed book, a book that forever changed the world. However, despite its initial impact, fame was fl

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