The Haarlem Legend of the Invention of Printing by Lourens Janszoon Coster, Critically Examined (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Haarlem Legend of the Invention of Printing by Lourens Janszoon Coster, Critically Examined M. Thijm reasonably concluded that he could not publish these entirely new documents without some remarks, and wishing to give M. Enschede all the fame of the discovery, he expressed himself thus: I agree with my esteemed friend M. A. J. Enschede, to whom I am indebted for these indications, , that Lourens Janszoon Coster, the chandler of 1441 1447] Lourens Janszoon, the sheriff in 1425 - 1481 [who really died at the end of 1489, see pages 116 ahd 119 of this work], and Lourens J anszoon Coster, who invented the art of printing in the Wood near Haarlem, are one and the same person. I also agree with M. Enschede, who remarked to me in a letter, that he saw no objection whatever to take a Haarlem chandler of the 15th century to be identical with a sheriff, as we have had many burgomasters, who were brewers, coopers, or the like, at the same time. That J unius makes no mention of this circumstance, proves nothing against his account, it was, perhaps, a particular of very little value in his eye, but it does not appear so tri¿ing to me. I can understand that a man like Gutenberg, who was acquainted with several industries, improved the art of printing, or that a chandler, acquainted with founding in moulds, among which were, perhaps, marks, conceived the art of printing, rather than a sheriff, conversant with judicial matters. I, for one, believe that Coster got first of all the idea by moulding candles that thereupon he made experiments by cutting letters out of beech-bark in the Wood and printed from them that he did not do so by accident, but that the invention was the fruit of an idea living in him, and which even accompanied him on his walks in the Wood.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.