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Description:It would be difficult to findother early printers who havebeen discussed as frequentlyand as thoroughly as PeterSchoeffer, and yet this fourthvolume in the Valhalla Seriesis the first account which setsforth the life story and accom-plishments of the man who con-verted a toilsome invention intoa profitable industry.Peter Schoeffer's career froma student who worked his waythrough college by copyingmanuscripts to the foremostEuropean publisher of Churchservice books north of the Alpsis in itself worthy of attention.But it is also of singular signif-icance because it is the storyof the man who was intimatelyacquaintedwithJohannesGutenberg and his inventionof movable type; who saw andshared in the successful devel-opment of printing from itsearly experimental stage to aflourishing craft; who coura-geously explored the artisticfrontiers of this new craft; andwhose keen business under-standing helped to remodel theinternational book market atthe dawn of the modern age interms of a new instrument ofmass production.This biography is not only asumming up of the many factsand numerous discussions pub-lished on a wide variety ofoccasions about Peter Schoeffer.It is also an attempt to includein this picture much recentEuropean research in fifteenthcentury intellectual and book-making history that has not asyet been utilized for a clearerunderstanding of Schoeffer'scontribution.Dr. Lehmann-Haupt is pecul-iarly well fitted for the task ofrelating this remarkable biog-raphy. He was at one time anassistantattheGutenbergMuseum in Mainz. Presentlyon the faculty of ColumbiaUniversity, he is one of Amer-ica's leading studentsandcritics of the graphic arts. Dr.Lehmann-Haupt's recent serv-ice with the Monuments, FineArts and Archives Section ofthe U. S. Military Govern-ment in Germany brought anunsuspected enrichment to thebook. On the premises of theLibrary of the former PrussianState in the Soviet Sector ofruined Berlin, he located thesmall surviving staff of theUnion Catalog of Incunabulaholdings all over the world. Hefound there a complete list ofall surviving books and broad-sides printed by Peter Schoeffer,and this valuable imprint listis included in this volume.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Peter Schoeffer of Gernsheim and Mainz. To get started finding Peter Schoeffer of Gernsheim and Mainz, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 146

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Publisher: The Printing House of Leo Hart

Release: 1950

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Description: It would be difficult to findother early printers who havebeen discussed as frequentlyand as thoroughly as PeterSchoeffer, and yet this fourthvolume in the Valhalla Seriesis the first account which setsforth the life story and accom-plishments of the man who con-verted a toilsome invention intoa profitable industry.Peter Schoeffer's career froma student who worked his waythrough college by copyingmanuscripts to the foremostEuropean publisher of Churchservice books north of the Alpsis in itself worthy of attention.But it is also of singular signif-icance because it is the storyof the man who was intimatelyacquaintedwithJohannesGutenberg and his inventionof movable type; who saw andshared in the successful devel-opment of printing from itsearly experimental stage to aflourishing craft; who coura-geously explored the artisticfrontiers of this new craft; andwhose keen business under-standing helped to remodel theinternational book market atthe dawn of the modern age interms of a new instrument ofmass production.This biography is not only asumming up of the many factsand numerous discussions pub-lished on a wide variety ofoccasions about Peter Schoeffer.It is also an attempt to includein this picture much recentEuropean research in fifteenthcentury intellectual and book-making history that has not asyet been utilized for a clearerunderstanding of Schoeffer'scontribution.Dr. Lehmann-Haupt is pecul-iarly well fitted for the task ofrelating this remarkable biog-raphy. He was at one time anassistantattheGutenbergMuseum in Mainz. Presentlyon the faculty of ColumbiaUniversity, he is one of Amer-ica's leading studentsandcritics of the graphic arts. Dr.Lehmann-Haupt's recent serv-ice with the Monuments, FineArts and Archives Section ofthe U. S. Military Govern-ment in Germany brought anunsuspected enrichment to thebook. On the premises of theLibrary of the former PrussianState in the Soviet Sector ofruined Berlin, he located thesmall surviving staff of theUnion Catalog of Incunabulaholdings all over the world. Hefound there a complete list ofall surviving books and broad-sides printed by Peter Schoeffer,and this valuable imprint listis included in this volume.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Peter Schoeffer of Gernsheim and Mainz. To get started finding Peter Schoeffer of Gernsheim and Mainz, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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