. Universal historical dictionary, or, Explanation of the names of persons and places in the departments of Biblical, political, and ecclesiastical history, mythology, heraldry, biography, bibliography, geography, and numismatics . ave in-vented the method of casting the metal types in 1452. Thevery earliest attempt, however, at exercising this art, isascribed to Laurence Koster, at Haerlaem, who is said tohave first conceived the art of cutting wooden blocks for thispurpose in 1430, which he immediately improved by substi-tuting wooden types. It is not so easy to determine theshare which Fust
. Universal historical dictionary, or, Explanation of the names of persons and places in the departments of Biblical, political, and ecclesiastical history, mythology, heraldry, biography, bibliography, geography, and numismatics . ave in-vented the method of casting the metal types in 1452. Thevery earliest attempt, however, at exercising this art, isascribed to Laurence Koster, at Haerlaem, who is said tohave first conceived the art of cutting wooden blocks for thispurpose in 1430, which he immediately improved by substi-tuting wooden types. It is not so easy to determine theshare which Fust had in this invention, but he is known tohave employed his capital in the exercise of the art. Thesecond printed book, that bears a date entitled DurandiRationale divinorum Ofhciorum, was printed by Faust andSchaeffer in 1459; tne Catholicon followed in , Lewis (Biog.) a dramatic writer of Paris, whodied in 1752, was the author of many theatrical pieces, as Momus Fabuliste, a comedy, • Les Ages, Les Amoursdes Dieux, and other operas, &c. He also conducted theJournal entitled Mercure Francois, with M. de Brucre. END OF \ OLUME 1. (!. Baldwin, Pinter,Hew IlrklK-»Uet-t, Louden, {///, >///(/<;.) C //,.
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