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CANON MISSAE
The first printed book to give the names of the printers and the date of its printing. click here for more information.
CHRISTINE DE PISAN, The Book of Fayttes of Armes & of Chyvalrye William Caxton, in the precincts of Westminster Abbey, set up the first English press.
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EUSEBIUS, De Evangelica Praeparatione
The first type to be consciously designed according to typographical ideals.
SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA, Epistole CCCLXVIII
The first appearance of a printed italic letter form occurs in this book.
VICENTINO LUDOVICO DEGLI ARRIGHI, Type Specimen Sheet
A rare specimen sheet showing type based on Arrighi's italic hand.
HOMER,
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Aldus commissioned this font for his new series of classical texts,which he called "portable books in the nature of manuals."