2-715-091 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Johann Gutenberg (1400-1468)', 1936. Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (c1398-1468) was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer and publisher who introduced printing to Europe. Gutenberg's work with mechanical movable type printing initiated a mass communication revolution in Renaissance Europe. From "Bilder Deutscher Geschichte", (Pictures of German History), No.12, cigarette card album. [Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany, 1936]