 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 864 pages
...fable immortalized by the genius t Goethe. Faust, in partnership with Peter Schoeffer, having, in 1462, printed off a considerable number of copies of the Bible, to imitate those which were sold in MS., undertook the sale of them at Pans, where the art of printing was then unknown. At first... | |
 | P. Sadler - 1841 - 362 pages
...considerable number of copies (4) of the Bible, to imitate those which were commonly sold in MS. (b), he undertook the sale of them at Paris. It was his...interest to conceal this discovery, and to pass off (6) his printed copies for HSS. But as he was enabled to sell his Bibles at sixty crowns, while the... | |
 | George Merriam - 1841 - 308 pages
...Bibles of the first printer, Fust, appeared to the world. When he had discovered this new art, and printed off a considerable number of copies of the Bible, to imitate those which were commonly sold in manuscript, he undertook the sale of them at Paris. It was his interest to conceal this discovery,... | |
 | 1841 - 306 pages
...printers, had the policy to conceal his art. Faust, in partnership with Peter Schoeffer, having, in 1462, printed off a considerable number of copies of the bible, to imitate those which were comnonly sold in MS., undertook the sale of them at Paris, where the art of printing was then unknown.... | |
 | Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1841 - 586 pages
...Guttemberg; their types were cut in wood, and fixed, not moveable as at present. Having printed off numbers of copies of the bible, to imitate those which were commonly sold in MS., he undertook the sale of them at Paris, where printing was then unknown. As he sold his copies... | |
 | Boy - 1842 - 250 pages
...from Dr. Adam Clarke's Bibliographical Dictionary, respecting Dr. Faustus, is very curious. " Having printed off a considerable number of copies of the Bible, to imitate those which were commonly sold in manuscript, Fust, or Faustus, undertook the sale of them at Paris, where the art of printing was... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...handed down to the present times. p 6 Faust, in partnership with Peter Schasffer, having, in 1462, printed off a considerable number of copies of the Bible, to imitate those which were sold in MS., Faust undertook the sale of them at Paris, where the art of printing was then unknown.... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1848 - 482 pages
...withJohn of Guttenburg ; their types were cut in wood, and fixed, not moveable as at present. Having printed off a considerable number of copies of the Bible, to imitate those which were commonly sold in manuscript,. Fust undertook the sale of them in Paris, where the art of printing was then unknown.... | |
 | Kazlitt Arvine - 1848 - 908 pages
...for the soul of the donor. (e) THE DEVIL AND DR. FAUSTUS. — Fust (or Faustus) having printed ofT a considerable number of copies of the Bible, to imitate those which were commonly sold in manuscript, undertook the sale of them at Paris, where the art of printing was then unknown. As... | |
 | Henry Wharton Griffith - 1849 - 252 pages
...policy we are indebted for the tradition of " The Devil and Dr. Faustus." Having printed off numbers of copies of the Bible, to imitate those which were commonly sold in manuscript, he undertook the sale of them at Paris, where printing was then unknown. As he sold... | |
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When he had discovered this new art, and printed off a considerable number of copies of the Bible, to imitate those which were commonly sold in MSS., he undertook the sale of them at Paris. It was his interest to conceal this discovery, and to pass off... 
