Laurens Janszoon Coster, Dutch inventor of printing
Laurens Janszoon Coster, Dutch inventor of printing, c.1370-1440. Printer and typographer who invented printing simultaneously with Johannes Gutenberg. In cap, fur-lined coat, holding a letter. With coat of arms and biography by Petrus Scriverius. Laurenz Jans Kofter, Laurentio Costero, from his grave effigy in Harlem. Copperplate engraving from Samuel Woodburn's Gallery of Rare Portraits Consisting of Original Plates, George Jones, 102 St Martin's Lane, London, 1816
Picture No
14017377
Media ID
46691449
Size
3948px x 5508px
(4.5MB)
Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Dutch school
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