Iacobi MentelI ... De vera typographiae origine paraenesis ...
Contributors: Mentel, Jacques, 1597-1671, (autograph); Hoe, Richard M. 1812-1886 (association)
Publisher: Ex officina Roberti Ballard ...
Published: 1650
Place of publication: Parisiis
Language: lat
Number of pages: 119
Subjects: Mentelin, Johann, -- ca. 1410-1478.; Printing -- History -- Origin and antecedents.
Other titles: De vera typographiae origine paraenesis
Work titles: Brevis excursus de loco, tempore et authore inventionis typographiae.
Notes: First published anonymously (Paris, 1644) with title: Brevis excursus de loco, tempore et authore inuentionis typographiae.

Claims that Johann Mentelin was the inventor of printing.

RBSC copy: Author's presentation copy to D. Jon. Mercer.  Ex libris Richard M. Hoe.