  I The Different Methods of Printing. II Antique Methods of Impression and their Failure. III The Key to the Invention of Typography. IV The Image Prints of the Fifteenth Century. V Printed and Stenciled Playing Cards. VI The Chinese Method of Printing. VII The Early Printing of Italy. VIII The Introduction of Paper in Europe. IX The Book-Makers of the Middle Ages. X The Preparations for Printing. XI Block-Books of Images without Text. XII Block-Books of Images with Text. XIII The Donatus, or Boy's Latin Grammar. XIV The Speculum Salutis, or the Mirror of Salvation. XV The Works and Workmanship of an Unknown Printer. XVI The Period in which the Speculum was Printed. XVII The Legend of Loureus Janszoon Coster. XVIII The Growth of the Legend. XIX The Downfall of the Legend. XX John Gutenberg at Strasburg. XXI Gutenberg and his Earlier Work at Mentz. XXII The Later Work of Gutenberg. XXIII The Work of Peter Schoeffer and John Fust. XXIV Alleged Inventors of Printing. XXVI The Tools and Usages of the Early Printers. ADDITIONAL NOTES AND CORRECTIONS. Title: The Invention of Printing. A Collection of Facts and Opinions, Descriptive of Early Prints and Playing Cards, the Block-Books of the Fifteenth Century, the Legend of Lourens Janszoon Coster, of Haarlem, and the Work of John Gutenberg and His Associates Author: Theodore Low De Vinne Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, RichardW, |
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THE INVENTION OF PRINTING.
EARLY PRINTS AND PLAYING CARDS, THE BLOCK-BOOKS OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, THE LEGEND OF LOURENS JANSZOON COSTER, OF HAARLEM, AND THE WORK OF JOHN GUTENBERG AND HIS ASSOCIATES.