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Also Known As Johannes Frobenius
Born c.1460 • Germany
Died October 1527 • Basel • Switzerland
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Ambroise-Firmin Didot
French printer and typesetter
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Pierre François Didot
French publisher and printer
Bodoni, engraving
Giambattista Bodoni
Italian printer
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Christophe Plantin
French printer
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John Baskerville
English printer
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Daniel Berkeley Updike
American printer and publisher
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Simon de Colines
French printer
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Nicolas Jenson
French printer
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Geoffroy Tory
French printer
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Johann Fust
German printer
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Hyacinthe-Firmin Didot
French printer and typesetter
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Pierre Didot
French printer and typesetter
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Firmin Didot
French printer and typesetter
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Henri Didot
French printer and typesetter
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François Didot
French printer and bookseller
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François-Ambroise Didot
French printer and typesetter
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William Morris
British artist and author
William Byrd
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William Caxton
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