The Fichet letter
Subtitle: the earliest document ascribing to Gutenberg the invention of printing
By: by Douglas C. McMurtrie ; with a reproduction of the letter in collotype ; and a translation of the text by W. A. Montgomery, Ph.D.
Contributors: McMurtrie, Douglas C. 1888-1944.; Montgomery, Walter Alexander, 1872-; Universitätsbibliothek Basel.
Publisher: Press of Ars Typographica
Published: 1927
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 58
Subjects: Gutenberg, Johann, 1397?-1468.; Gaguin, Robert, 1433-1501.; Printing -- History -- Origin and antecedents.; Paris (France) -- Imprints.
Notes: "Of this volume there have been printed ... two hundred copies only."--p. [2]
The facsimile reproduction from the original in the library of the University at Basel, is followed by the Latin text and an English translation.
"An excerpt from a letter written by Fichet ..." 23 x 15 cm. broadside, pasted to front endpaper.