The mechanization of book production by such means as movable type was sought by
printers in Germany, the Netherlands, France, and Italy. In 1450 in Mainz, Germany, it was
who first brought together the complex systems and subsystems necessary
to print a typographic book.
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John Baskerville
Procopius Waldfoghel
Johann Gensfleisch von Gutenberg
Laurens Janszoon Coster of Haarlem