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Painting of a person with a headscarf reading a newspaper, with blue and white text overlaid reading: How the middle class learned to read.
Illustration of vintage printing press with bold text reading Gutenberg's printing press and a blue arrow pointing to the press, against a purple background.
Johannes Gutenberg, wearing a fur-trimmed robe, examines his first printed proof sheet with two assistants in a workshop beside an early printing press. Gutenberg Bible Gutenberg Bible A page from the Gutenberg 42-line Bible showing two columns of dense black Latin text with an ornate capital letter in the center.
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How the Printing Press Revolutionized Literacy
Johannes Gutenberg developed one of the first printing presses in the mid-1400s.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
How Did Gutenberg's Printing Press Work?
Johannes Gutenberg invented one of the first printing presses using movable type.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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Johannes Gutenberg
German inventor and printer Johannes Gutenberg.
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Artist's visualization of Johannes Gutenberg in his workshop, showing his first proof...
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Gutenberg Bible
Two-page spread of the Book of Ecclesiastes from Johannes Gutenberg's 42-line Bible,...
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Gutenberg Bible
The Gutenberg 42-line Bible, printed in Mainz, Germany, in 1455.
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Gutenberg Bible
A page from the Gutenberg 42-line Bible, 1456.
Courtesy of the Newberry Library, Chicago
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