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Strasbourg, J. Gothofredum Bauer, 1760. In .4°. Two parts in 1 vol. Noble coat of arms on the title page, with 7 engraved and folded plates, loose files, a detached plate, reddened and, coeval marbled hardcover binding, spine missing, worn. Ex libris of the Prince de Tayllerand on the backing.
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First edition. of this important history of the dawn of printing based on documents (reproduced in facsimile in the 7 plates), in which the author presents the example of Gutenberg who had begun his experiments printing in Strasbourg. The documents were destroyed when the Prussians bombarded Strasbourg in 1870.
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