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1837

The Invention of the Movable Types, A115 (part of the Gutenberg Monument, cf. A114) is sent from the bronze caster Charles Crozatier (1795-1855) to Frankfurt am Main, where it is prepared by J.J. Barth (? after 1837) and cast by J.G.B. Beyer (? after 1860).

Primary sources

  • Alois Ruppel, Die Errichtung des Mainzer Gutenberg-Denkmals, Mainz, 1937, p. 24-25.

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