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types of wood, but I cannot believe that more than a few pages 

 wore ever printed by them with such types. 



Guttenberg separated from Fust in 1455 ; and Fust with Schoef. 

 fer, his servant and son-in-law, printed a Psalter at Mentz, in 

 1457, with moveable types: the capitals were of wood, and the 

 small letters of metal ; but Meerman says, that these were cut 

 types, and not the improved cast types; and asserts, that the 

 first book printed with the latter, was Durandi Rationale, printed 

 at Mentz, in 1459. 



Heineken (p. 264) mentions several copies of the Psalter of 

 Mentz, particularly a very fair one in the Imperial library at 

 Vienna ; at the end of which are the following words : 



" Presens Psalmorum codex venustate capitalium decoratus ra. 

 bricationibusque sufficienter distinctus, ab inventione artiticiosa 

 imprimendi ac characterisandi, absque calami exaracione sic cffi. 

 giatus, ad Eusebiam del. Industrie est cons uramatus per Joannem 

 Fust civem Moguntinum, et Petrum Schoeffer de Gernszheim, 

 Anno Domini Millesimo CCCCLVII. in Vigilia Assumptionis." 



His majesty has lately procured a fine copy of this rare book for 

 his noble library; and Earl Spencer has also one very fair ; besides 

 these, there are only four others known to be extant. Earl 

 Spencer has also another edition of this Psalter, printed at Mentz 

 in 1459. His lordship has also an Indulgence printed in move, 

 able metal types in 1455, during the pontificate of Nicholas the 

 Fifth. 



In 1460 Fust and Schoeffer published with their improved types 

 the Catholicon, which hath the following Colophon : 



*' Altissimi presidio, cujus nutu infantium lingue fiunt diserte. 

 Quique numero sepe parvulis revelat, quod sapientibus celat. Hie 

 liber egn-gius Catholicon, Dominice inraniationis annis M.CCCC.LX. 

 alma in Urbe Moguntina Nationis inclite Germanice, quam Dei 

 dementia tarn alto ingenii lumiue douoque gratuito, ceteris terra, 

 rum Nationibus praeferre illustrareque dignatus est. Non calami, 

 styli aut penne suffragio, sed mira patronarum formarumque con. 

 cordia proportione et modulo impressus atque confectus est." 



There is^a fine copy of this edition in his majesty's library at th 

 queen's house ; another copy Is in the Royal library at Paris. 



In 1462 Fust and Schoeffer printed an edition of the Bible at 

 Mentz in two volumes folio, in Gothic characters, which is justly 

 esteemed a good performance ; there are several copies of this dU 



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