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earliest known book printed with movable metal type, 1377.
Bibliothèque nationale de France.
The Chinese inventor Bi Sheng made movable type of
earthenware circa 1045, but there are no known surviving
examples of his printing. Metal movable type was invented in
Korea during the Goryeo Dynasty (around 1230), but was not
widely used: one reason being the enormous Chinese character set. Around 1450, in what is
commonly regarded as an independent invention, Johannes Gutenberg invented movable type in
Europe, along with innovations in casting the type based on a matrix and hand mould. This
invention gradually made books less expensive to produce, and more widely available.
A 15th century incunabulum. Notice the blind-tooled cover, corner
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