Fine Print: A Story about Johann Gutenberg (Creative Minds Biographies)

by Joann Johansen Burch

Series:Creative Minds Biographies

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Recounts the story of the German printer credited with the invention of printing with movable type.

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A placeholder book. Not totally satisfied with it. The pictures are adequate but do not substantially add to the text. The text itself is information dense, and it contains a bibliography at the end for further study.

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DDC/MDS: 686.2092 — Applied science & technology Manufacture for specific uses Printing and related activities Printing Biography And History Biography
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Fine Print: A Story about Johann Gutenberg (Creative Minds Biographies)

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