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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 13
Case IV.—Specimens of the Earliest Productions of the Printing Press in Germany
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Case IV.—Specimens of the Earliest Productions of the Printing Press in Germany.
| 1. | Bible, in Latin.—Printed at Bamberg by Albrecht Pfister, about 1460. From the library of King George III. |
| 2. | Missale Ordinis S. Benedicti.—On vellum. Commonly called the Bamberg Missal; printed there by Johann Sensenschmidt in 1481. From the library of King George III. |
| 3. | St. John Chrysostom. In Psalmum Miserere.—Printed at Cologne, by Ulric Zell, in 1466. The earliest book known to have been printed by Ulric Zell with a date. From the library of King George III. |
| 4. | St. Bonaventura. Meditationes Vitæ Jesu Christi.—Printed by Gunther Zainer, at Augsburg, in 1468. The first book printed at Augsburg. From the library of King George III. |
| 5. | St. Gregory. Homiliæ XL.—Printed by Gunther Zainer, at Augsburg, in 1473. From the library of King George III. |
| 6. | Steinhowel. German Chronicle.—' Ein tŭtsclie Cronica.' Printed by Johann Zainer, at Ulm, in 1473. From the library of King George III. |
| 7. | Franciscus de Retza. Comestorium Vitiorum.—Printed at Nuremberg, by Johann Sensenschmidt, in 1470. The first book printed at Nuremberg with a date. From the library of King George III. |
| 8. | Bible, in German.—Printed at Nuremberg by Anthony Koburger in 1483. From the library of King George III. |
| 9. | Bible, in Latin.—Printed at Basle, in Switzerland, by Bernhard Richel, about 1474. The initials are from wood engravings. From the old royal collection.* |
* About four years after the foundation of the British Museum, i. e. in 1757, King George II. presented to it the old royal library of the Kings of England from the time of King Henry VII. The books described in this Guide as "From the old royal collection" formed part of that library.