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the spread of printing.

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that the following tables of the spread of printing have been made up. They are based on the chronological arrangement of Santander's Dictionary, but the names and dates have been collated with those of Cotton's Typographical Gazetteer, and other works of authority, and some alterations have been made.

Place.	Printer.	Date.	⁠	Place.	Printer.	Date.
Mentz	John Gutenberg	1450		Reutlingen	John Ottmar	1482
Bamberg	Albert Pfister			Vienna	John Winterburg	1482
Strasburg	Mentel and Eggestein	1458		Magdeburg	Rauenstein et al	1483
Cologne	Ulric Zell	1462		Stockholm	John Snell	1483
Augsburg	Gunther Zainer	1468		Winterberg	John Alacraw	1484
Nuremberg	Henry Keffer	1469		Heidelberg	Fred. Misch	1485
Munster in Argau	Helyas Helye	1470		Ratisbon	John Sensenschmidt	1485
Spire	Peter Drach	1471		Brinn	Stahl & Preinlein	1486
Ulm	John Zainer	1473		Munster	John Limburg	1486
Buda (Hungary)	Andrew Hess	1473		Sleswick	Stephen Arndes	1486
Mersburg	Lucas Brandis	1473		Frisia		1488
Laugingen		1473		Kuttenberg	Von Tischniowa	1489
Esslingen	Conrad Fyner	1473		Ingolstadt	John Kachelofen	1490
Marienthal	Bros. of Life-in-Com.	1474		Hamburg	J. and T. Borchard	1491
Lubec	Lucas Brandis	1475		Wadstein		1491
Burgdorf		1475		Czernigov	Tzernoevic	1492
Blaubeuren	Conrad Mancz	1475		Zinna		1492
Pilsen		1475		Fribourg	Kilianus Piscator	1493
Rostock	Bros. of Life-in-Com.	1476		Luneburg	John Luce	1493
Geneva	Ad. Steynschauer	1478		Copenhagen	Gothof. de Ghemen	1493
Prague		1478		Oppenheim		1494
Eichstadt	M. and G. Reyser	1478		Freisingen	John Schæffler	1495
Wurtzburg	Dold, Ryser, et al	1479		Offenburg		1496
Leipsic	Marcus Brand	1481		Tubingen	John Ottmar	1498
Aurach	Conrad Fyner	1481		Cracow	John Haller	1500
Erfurt	Wider de Hornbach	1482		Munich	John Schobser	1500
Memmingen	Albert de Duderstadt	1482		Olmutz	De Baumgarten	1500
Passau	Stahl, Mayer, et al	1482		Pfortzheim	Thomas Anselmus	1500

This is but a brief list for the vast and populous country north of Italy and east of France and the Netherlands.^[1] Not less remarkable is the fact that some cities now deservedly famous for their printing were among the last to acquire a knowledge of the art, and those that gave it feeble support.

The master printers at Mentz before 1500, not previously named, were: Erhardus Reuwich, whose first book was dated 1486; Frederic Misch, who began after 1490; Jacob Meydenbach (a witness at the trial of 1455), between 1491 and 1496; and Peter Friedburg, between 1494 and 1497. There may

↑ For a table of the chronological order in which printing was established in the Netherlands, see page 323 of this book.

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[1] For a table of the chronological order in which printing was established in the Netherlands, see page 323 of this book.

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