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.

Urs Leu 28.05.2017 Swiss printer Johannes Froben was a star in the middle Ages. One of his customers was Erasmus of Rotterdam.

Urs Leu 27.05.2017 Not everyone was pleased about the invention of book printing. The church and some universities were skeptical.

Urs Leu 26.05.2017 Civilisation would be not the same without book printing. The history of an extraordinary invention.