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This printer produced the celebrated 42-line Bible in Mainz in the 1450s.

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Your new ahaJohannes Gutenberg

The Gutenberg Bible, printed with movable type in the 1450s, helped launch the spread of printed books across Europe. Source: Gutenberg Bible ↗

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