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Frontispiece of Johannes Gutenberg from 'A Concise History of the Origin and Progress of Printing'...

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Frontispiece of Johannes Gutenberg from 'A Concise History of the Origin and Progress of Printing' by Philip Luckombe, published 1770 (engraving)
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English School, (18th century) / English
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1770 AD (C18th AD)
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Very little is known about the printing press pioneer Johannes Gutenberg (c.1398-1468) although he is normally depicted sporting a beard; No representations of Gutenberg from life are known and there is in fact contemporary evidence to suggest that he had no beard at all, as he is shown here; Philip Luckombe (c.1730-1803);

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