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Urs Leu
Urs Leu is historian and heads the departement of old prints at the Zentralbibliothek Zurich.
Series: Book Printing in Europe (4/4)
Urs Leu
29.05.2017
Bibles, Latin grammar and books of classical writers like Cicero or Vergil were the first bestsellers in history.
Series: Book Printing in Europe (3/4)
Urs Leu
28.05.2017
Swiss printer Johannes Froben was a star in the middle Ages. One of his customers was Erasmus of Rotterdam.
Series: Book Printing in Europe (2/4)
Urs Leu
27.05.2017
Not everyone was pleased about the invention of book printing. The church and some universities were skeptical.
Series: Book Printing in Europe (1/4)
Urs Leu
26.05.2017
Civilisation would be not the same without book printing. The history of an extraordinary invention.
