John Gutenberg, First Master Printer: His Acts and Most Remarkable Discourses and his Death
Author(s): Franz Von Dingelstedt, C. W.
Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography, Technology & Engineering
Narrators: Claudia Salto
Number of Chapters: 6
Length: 02 hours and 37 minutes
Language: English
This is a brief sketch of the last years of the life of Johannes (John) Gutenberg, the man who invented the movable letter press. We join him in Mayence, where he lives in poverty. We get to know his enemies and his friends, and some information about why he isn't the rich man we'd expect him to be. This book was prepared and completed within two days by the volunteers at Distributed Proofreaders to mark their 15th anniversary with the 50,000th published book at Project Gutenberg. ( Claudia Salto)
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Chapter I. As how John Fust, master printer in the city of Maïence, gave his daughter Christine to wife to Peter Schoeffer his partner, and what came of it (Claudia Salto)
Chapter II. What John Gutenberg, master printer, said, and what he did, while Peter Schoeffer was taking to wife the demoiselle Christine; all which should interest the reader (Claudia Salto)
Chapter III. Who John Gutenberg found in his dwelling when he came back to it, and what conversation he there held with the little Parisian (Claudia Salto)
Chapter IV. How two Crosiers being engaged in a quarrel, the poor people of Maïence were the sufferers, and Master John Gutenberg in particular (Claudia Salto)
The audiobook John Gutenberg, First Master Printer: His Acts and Most Remarkable Discourses and his Death falls under the genres of Biography & Autobiography, Technology & Engineering. It is written by Franz Von Dingelstedt, C. W..