"Printer of incunabula"

William Caxton male, deceased (1492): printing press, Printerofincunabula, Printer, English, From kent, Medieval writer; William Caxton was an English merchant, diplomat, writer and printer. He was the first English person to work as a printer and the first person to...

Johannes Gutenberg male, deceased (1468) (Greenwich, Georgia, United States): German inventor, inventor, printing press, invention, Printerofincunabula, spread rapidly throughout Europe…Spread of printing, Master of the Playing Cards, Printer, Inventor of writing systems, Inventor of the printing press; Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg was a German goldsmith and printer, who is credited with inventing movable type printing in Europe...

Nicolas Jenson male, deceased (1480): Roman type, Printer, punch cutter, Type designer, Printerofincunabula, King Charles VII…City of Canals; Nicolas Jenson (1420 - 1480) was a French engraver, pioneer printer and typographer who did most of his work in Venice. His name is also written as...

Ottaviano Petrucci male, deceased (1539): from the Province of Pesaro e Urbino, Printerofincunabula, Publisher of sheet music, Music print publisher, movable type, printing press…Renaissance music printer, Printer; Ottaviano Petrucci (June 18, 1466 - May 7 1539) was an Italian printer. Petrucci is credited with producing, in 1501, the first book of sheet music...

Wynkyn de Worde male, deceased (1534): Wœrth, Printerofincunabula, from Alsace, printing press, alsace, English…Printer; Wynkyn de Worde (originally Jan van Wynkyn was a printer and publisher known for his work with William Caxton, and is recognised as the first to...

Aldus Manutius male, deceased (1515): Garalde, Roman type, Typography, from Lazio, Printerofincunabula, Italian Renaissance humanist…Printer; Aldus Manutius (1449/50 - February 6, 1515), the Latin form of Aldo Manuzio (born Teobaldo Mannucci; sometimes called Aldus Manutius, the Elder to...

Bernardo Cennini male, 594 years old: Printerofincunabula, Tuscan Sculptor, type font, Doors of Paradise, first book printed, In tria Virgilii Opera Expositio…Incunabula; Bernardo Cennini was an Italian goldsmith, sculptor and early printer of Florence. As a sculptor he was among the assistants to Lorenzo Ghiberti in...

Guy Marchant male: Printerofincunabula, French, Printer, French Revolution, almanac, fifteenth century…Incunabula, The Kalender of Shepherds; Guy Marchant was a printer of books, active in Paris from 1481, and especially at the end of the fifteenth century, and founder of a family...

Johann Heynlin male, deceased (1496): Printerofincunabula, Universals, Humanist, French, realism, University of Paris…Printer, University of Basel; Johann Heynlin (variously spelled Heynlein, Henelyn, Henlin, Hélin, Hemlin, Hegelin, Steinlin; and translated as Jean à Lapide, Jean La Pierre (L...

Erhard Reuwich male: Reeuwijk, Master of the Book of Reason, Printerofincunabula, painters' guild, engraver, Dutch language…Master of the Housebook, Printer; Erhard Reuwich (Dutch: Reeuwijk) was a Dutch artist, as a designer of woodcuts, and a printer, who came from Utrecht but then worked in Mainz. His...

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