A Bibliographical Dictionary, Vol. 3: Containing a Chronological Account, Alphabetically Arranged, of the Most Curious, Scarce, Useful, and Important ... in Latin, Greek, Coptic, Hebrew, Samar - Hardcover

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Excerpt from A Bibliographical Dictionary, Vol. 3: Containing a Chronological Account, Alphabetically Arranged, of the Most Curious, Scarce, Useful, and Important Books, in All Departments of Literature, Which Have Been Published in Latin, Greek, Coptic, Hebrew, Samaritan, Syriac, Chaldee, &C

Gregorii IX. Pont. Max. Compilatio nova Deere: talium; fol. Max. Mogunts P. Schiitfer, 1473. Edit. Princ. - This first and celebrated Edition is very irr teresting to the history of Printing, for some bar barous Latin verses, which attribute the invention of printing to the two Jolms (guttemberg and Fust) and Peter Sc/ta'fler the first of whom invented'the art, the second forwarded it with, pecuniary assist. Ance, and the third, the first engraver of metallic types: There is also a person referred to in the concluding lines, who was corrector of the. Press to these first printers. See blaittaire, vol. 1. P. 327.

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