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the spread of printing.

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lisher Philip de Lavagna and his new partner Montanus made an agreement with Christopher Valdarfer, another printer at Milan, for the exclusive use of two presses.^[1]

There was no part of Europe in which so great an enthusiasm was shown for printing as in Italy.^[2] The only open opposition which the new art encountered was made in 1472, by the copyists of Genoa, who complained that the typographers were greedy, and that they deprived the copyists of their livelihood by undertaking to print little books.

IN FRANCE.

Place.	Printer.	Date.	⁠	Place.	Printer.	Date.
Paris	Ulrich Gering, et al.	1469		Hagenau	Henry Grau	1489
Lyons	Buyer and Le Roy	1476		Dol	Peter Metlinger	1490
Angers	De Turre and Morelli	1477		Grenoble		1490
Chablis	Pierre le Rouge	1478		Orleans	Matthieu Vivian	1490
Poitiers	J. Boyer and G. Bouchet	1479		Dijon	Peter Metlinger	1491
Toulouse		1479		Angoulême		1491
Caen	Ferrandus and Quijone	1480		Cluny	Michael Wenssler	1493
Vienne	Pierre Schenck	1481		Nantes	Etienne Larcher	1493
Promentour	Loys Guerbin	1482		Limoges	John Berton	1495
Troyes	Guillaume le Rouge	1483		Provins	G. Tavernier	1496
Chambery	Antonius Neyret	1484		Tours	Matthieu Lateron	1496
Bréand-Loudéhac	R. Foucquet	1484		Avignon	Nicol Lepe	1497
Rennes	Pierre Belleesculee	1484		Treguier		1499
Abbeville	Dupré and Gerard	1486		Guienne		1500
Rouen	Guillaume le Talleur	1487		Perpignan	J. Rosembach	1500
Besançon		1487

Paris. About the close of the year 1469, Ulrich Gering, Michael Friburger and Martin Crantz began to print at Paris. To please the classic tastes of the doctors of the university who had invited them, their first book appeared in types of Roman form. They were not skillful printers, for Chevillier says that letters half formed and half printed are noticeable

↑ It will be seen that the business of publishing is almost as old as that of printing. Valdarfer agreed to set up the types of the books produced at the rate of 24 imperials (?) for every 20 pages. The wary publishers took the precaution to specify in the agreement that the blank pages should not be counted.
↑ The Senate of Lucca, by a vote of 38 to 9, voted to pay the priest Clement, a professional calligrapher and bookbinder (who had applied for the means to go to Venice and get a knowledge of the art), a subvention of two florins monthly, on condition that he should practise his art as a public officer, teaching all who wished to learn. Clement declined the offer.

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[1] It will be seen that the business of publishing is almost as old as that of printing. Valdarfer agreed to set up the types of the books produced at the rate of 24 imperials (?) for every 20 pages. The wary publishers took the precaution to specify in the agreement that the blank pages should not be counted.

[2] The Senate of Lucca, by a vote of 38 to 9, voted to pay the priest Clement, a professional calligrapher and bookbinder (who had applied for the means to go to Venice and get a knowledge of the art), a subvention of two florins monthly, on condition that he should practise his art as a public officer, teaching all who wished to learn. Clement declined the offer.

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