Titles of the First Books from the Earliest Presses Established in Different Cities, Towns, and Monasteries in Europe: Before the End of the Fifteenth

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Excerpt from Titles of the First Books From the Earliest Presses Established in Different Cities, Towns, and Monasteries in Europe: Before the End of the Fifteenth Century, With Brief Notes Upon Their PrintersH. Hessels, in his book lately published under the title of Gutenberg, Was He the Inventor of Printing I am compelled to place at the head of the list of printers with movable metal types the name of John Guten berg.While admitting that an introduction to a work like this may not afford an appropriate occasion for an argument in favor of any particular theory, I think it proper to give a brief summary of some of the facts and reasons which are the foundations of my belief in the Gutenberg claim.I also regard the book of Mr. Hessels as a challenge to all who take the German side of this question. His gauntlet is thrown in such a manner that those who write upon a subject germane to the one great question incidentally involved in this work are compelled to notice it, and as I have, without qualification, given Gutenberg the first place in the history of this most useful art, I feel called upon to set forth, in outline merely, some of the principal reasons which to me seem to support his claim to be the inventor of printing.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.