jan 14, 1470 - 1470 Nicolas JENSON set up business (press) in VENICE
Description:
Nicolas Jenson, who had learned printing in Germany and set up business in Venice at about the time the von Speyer monopoly ran out. An excellent idealization of the roman typeform, Jenson’s type was cut for an edition of Cicero’s Epistolae ad Brutum, printed in 1470Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 14, 1470
Now
~ 556 years ago