Johann Gutenberg: The Man and his Invention, Albert Kapr's 1996 biography from Scolar Press, is written by a German typographic historian who specialized in the history of printing, bringing that technical expertise to a figure whose own life is otherwise sparsely documented. Its strength is that specialist technical grounding. Its limit is that the historical record for Gutenberg's own life is thin, so any biography, including this one, involves some reconstruction from indirect evidence; treat firmly established facts and reasoned inference as the book itself distinguishes them.
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Albert Kapr's Johann Gutenberg: The Man and his Invention, Scolar Press, 1996, the top tier reflecting a German typographic historian's specialist technical expertise brought to a figure whose life is otherwise sparsely documented. Because the historical record for Gutenberg's own life is thin, any biography, including this one, involves some reconstruction from indirect evidence, which the book itself distinguishes from firmly established fact. NotesBiography of Johann Gutenberg and his invention of movable-type printing, Scolar Press, 1996.
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AuthorAlbert Kapr
PublisherScolar Press
Publication Year1996
Source Typebook
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Textual Witnesses, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
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