{"product_id":"johannes-gutenberg-a-biography-in-books-9781836390398","title":"Johannes Gutenberg: A Biography in Books","description":"\u003cb\u003eA critical biography of the mysterious but prolific medieval printer.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Johannes Gutenberg is famous as the inventor of Europe's first typographic printing method, and his life and legacy have long fascinated a wide audience. Due to scant and vague fifteenth-century documentation, however, Gutenberg's career has long been obscured by derivative storytelling, competing agendas, and scholarly guesswork. This new biography removes these barriers to retell his story directly, through his pioneering work on schoolbooks, pamphlets, indulgences, broadsides, and, notably, the first printed Bible. The book also describes Gutenberg's posthumous fortunes and his eventual recognition as Man of the Millennium. This much-needed corrective to old legend and conjecture brings Gutenberg to life through the books that remain his lasting monument.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781836390398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224","brand":"Eric Marshall White","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45276404973749,"sku":"9781836390398","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_06b70475-01aa-4e97-b0e8-ee5ffcaed0d1.jpg?v=1744123109","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/johannes-gutenberg-a-biography-in-books-9781836390398","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}